Taxing Wages 2023: Double blow for workers as inflation drives real wages down and labour taxes up

Tuesday April 25, 2023, the report ‘Taxing Wages 2023 - Indexation of Labour Taxation and Benefits in OECD Countries’ was released. Taxing Wages 2023 enables cross-country comparisons of labour costs and the overall tax and benefit position across the OECD. It analyses income tax paid by employees, cash benefits received by in-work families and the associated social security contributions and payroll taxes made by employees and employers, which are key factors ...