Comments on: How Wealthy Countries TAX Their Citizens

By: Kevin Morrill

Kevin Morrill — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:00:13 +0000

You also can't totally trust these numbers, because GDP is usually determined by governments with every motivation to inflate this number.

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By: Steve S

Steve S — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:05:43 +0000

The issue isn’t so much corp income tax, it is more the % of taxation based on % of wealth. One will find that in many dying western countries (US, UK, Japan, etc) the wealthiest pay the smallest percentage of net tax, in comparison to the middle income groups. It would almost be funny if it were not so sad. Luckily this is a system which will collapse under it’s own weight

By: Dave Thomas

Dave Thomas — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:32:50 +0000

I don’t like the color of taxation in Europe at all. I feel sorry for the French and Scandinavians especially. What if you were extraordinarily industrious and ambitious in those countries? You would have to carry an 800 pound tax gorilla on your back you’re entire life. No wonder so many people in those countries just give up and realize they can only rise as high as the tax man lets them. How sad.

By: Senani

Senani — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:33:32 +0000

No surprises there. Somebody’s got to pick up the tab for all the benefits that the Welfare State provides: healthcare, education, social security and the works. To experience first hand the State that taxes lightly, one can go back a hundred years or so in OECD, or come to India today: we (that is those lucky enough to be able to see this) pay our medical bills, huge school fees, and so on, and generally get on despite the State, not because of the State.

By: enews

enews — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:20:20 +0000

Awesome statistics… really informative

Thanks for this very useful stats.

By: Bobby Jones

Bobby Jones — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:46:26 +0000

Would be interesting if “borrowing as a % of GDP” was implemented into this graphic. The ratio of GDP/(TaxRevenue+Borrowing) would be much more consistent across all countries than the currently shown GDP/Tax Revenue.

By: Locke

Locke — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:42:42 +0000

Little confusing – last I checked, corporations were not considered citizens. As such, I don’t see why that info is included. Since corporate taxes are in addition to individual taxes I’m not sure how it’s germane to the other elements. To say nothing of how disparate methods for corporate taxation are.

And the tax structure portion – is that US for the countries listed? And if OECD countries, is it per capita or an average across the governments?

By: Gustav

Gustav — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:34:07 +0000

I’m disappointed on this one actually. Firstly the list should be ordered by percent for better overview.

Secondly it’s not the corporate tax that makes the percent in the map, the income tax and sales tax both differs a lot across OECD and should not be let out.

The taxes in Sweden:
http://www.skatteverket.se/download/18.6d02084411db6e252fe80008916/skatt_30_37.pdf

Eg if you make more than $3.781.990/yr you pay 62% tax.

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