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Options for Reforming The Tax System in Greece

Bronchi, Chiara - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

For many years Greece has not made a systematic effort to redesign the whole tax system. Changes to taxation have been …

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Reforming the Tax System in Portugal

Bronchi, Chiara; Gomes-Santos, José C. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

priority to a lower frequency of tax changes; making the taxation of dependent workers more equitable and less onerous vis …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045614

Tax Systems in European Union Countries

Joumard, Isabelle - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

The tax-to-GDP ratio rose steadily in most EU countries up to the late 1990s, largely reflecting a sustained expansion of public sector commitments to welfare provision. Since the late 1990s, many EU countries have cut tax rates. However, the tax burden in the EU area remains much higher than in...

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The Tax System in Korea: More Fairness and Less Complexity Required

Dalsgaard, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000

enterprises, an inappropriate taxation of property and a lack of strong and uniform tax enforcement. Main directions for reform … should include a significant broadening of the bases for personal and corporate taxation as well as in the VAT system …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045759

Tax Reform in Belgium

Carey, David - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003

/or reductions in benefit replacement rates. Further reductions in labourincome taxation targeted on low-income earners should be …

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Options for Reforming the Finnish Tax System

Joumard, Isabelle; Suyker, Wim - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002

corporate income taxation was substantially and effectively reformed in the early 1990s, through significant rate cuts cum base …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046047

Increasing Simplicity, Neutrality and Sustainability: A Basis for Tax Reform in Iceland

Herd, Richard; Thorgeirsson, Thorsteinn - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

This paper analyses the possibilities for reforming the Icelandic tax system. It puts the current tax structure in its historic context, showing that there has been a steady movement towards simplification. The personal income tax has a lower than average number of bands and, taxes capital...

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The Tax System in New Zealand: An Appraisal and Options for Change

Dalsgaard, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

New Zealand’s tax system is one of the most neutral and efficient in the OECD. Bases are generally broad and rates are moderate. The full imputation system for dividend payments works to reduce tax distortions for corporate financing decisions, while efficiency in corporate investment...

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Increasing Efficiency and Reducing Complexity in the Tax System in the United States

Herd, Richard; Bronchi, Chiara - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

of improvements that could help reduce the distortions that taxation creates in the economy and so boost long …-run economic performance. The most noticeable gains could come from reforming the taxation of the income from capital. Savings are … income depending on the sector in which it is invested and the financing instruments that are used. In addition, taxation of …

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The Tax System in Norway: Past Reforms and Future Challenges

Noord, Paul van den - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000

This paper reviews tax policy initiatives and the scope for further reform in Norway. Norway faces the challenge of containing expenditure to at least avoid future increases in the tax burden, which is already above the OECD average. The favourable tax regimes for some industries imply that the...

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