The share of the income inequality explained by the 10% richest members of the Brazilian population is higher than 50%. This percentage is higher in Brazil than what is found for the United States (45%), Germany (44%) and Great Britain (41%). Inequality was measured using an index which is still...

The Brazilian tax system places undue emphasis on indirect taxes - which comprise over 51% of its gross tax burden. The country's insistence on taxes on goods and services (indirect taxes) - to the detriment of taxes on income and property (direct taxes) - undermines the real application of the...

The Brazilian tax system places undue emphasis on indirect taxes - which comprise over 51% of its gross tax burden. The country's insistence on taxes on goods and services (indirect taxes) - to the detriment of taxes on income and property (direct taxes) - undermines the real application of the...

The share of the income inequality explained by the 10% richest members of the Brazilian population is higher than 50%. This percentage is higher in Brazil than what is found for the United States (45%), Germany (44%) and Great Britain (41%). Inequality was measured using an index which is still...