OECD tax revenues fall slightly before the COVID-19 pandemic, but countries face much larger decreases ahead, particularly from consumption taxes
Tax revenues fell across the OECD for the first time in a decade during 2019, but a much larger decrease is expected in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic drives down economic activity and consumption tax revenues, according to new OECD research published on Thursday 3 December 2020. This has been announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. Furthermore form the press release: The 2020 edition ...
Latin America and the Caribbean: Tax revenue gains under threat amid deteriorating regional outlook
Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) increased to 23.1% of GDP on average in 2018, according to the new edition of Revenue Statistics in Latin America in the Caribbean published yesterday. However, these gains are now under threat as a result of the region’s deteriorating fiscal outlook, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the global economic crisis. The release was announced in a press release on ...
OECD-report Revenue Statistics 2019 released: Tax revenues have reached a plateau
Tax revenues in advanced economies reached a plateau during 2018, with almost no change seen since 2017, according to new OECD research. This ends the trend of annual increases in the tax-to-GDP ratio seen since the financial crisis. The 2019 edition of the OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics publication shows that the OECD average tax-to-GDP ratio was 34.3% in 2018, virtually unchanged since the 34.2% in 2017. The release of the report was ...
Latin America and the Caribbean: Public revenues rebound in 2017 after dip in 2016
The average tax-to-GDP ratio in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) rose to 22.8% in 2017, a gain of 0.2 percentage points from 2016, according to Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019. The report, launched on 25 March 2019 at the XXXI Regional Fiscal Seminar in Santiago, Chile, finds that the rebound was primarily driven by Caribbean countries and in particular Guyana and Barbados, on the back ...
Tax revenues continue increasing as the tax mix shifts further towards corporate and consumption taxes
Tax revenues in advanced economies have continued to increase, with taxes on companies and personal consumption representing an increasing share of total tax revenues, according to new OECD research. This was announced in a press release dated 5 December 2018 as published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: The 2018 edition of the OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics publication shows that the OECD average tax-to-GDP ratio rose ...
Assessing tax levels and the tax mix in OECD countries: Revenue Statistics 2018 & Consumption Tax Trends 2018 to launch on Wednesday 5 December 2018
The OECD has announced the launch of two reports to be published on Wednesday 5 December providing internationally comparable statistics and analysis designed to inform the tax policy debate: the report Revenue Statistics 2018 and the report Consumption Tax Trends 2018. From the press release as published on the website of the OECD on 28 November 2018: Tax systems across the OECD countries are converging towards higher tax levels and ...
Latin America and the Caribbean: Tax revenues expected to recover after dip in 2016
Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) dipped in 2016, falling further behind average OECD country levels, but a recovery is likely in subsequent years, according to Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 1990-2016 / Estadísticas tributarias en América Latina y el Caribe 1990-2016. The average tax-to-GDP ratio stood at 22.7% in 2016, a fall of 0.3 percentage points since 2015, the report says. This was announced ...
Social security contributions and consumption taxes give way to personal income taxes, as corporate income taxes fail to recover
Personal income taxes are playing an increasingly significant role in the tax mix as revenues from social security contributions and consumption taxes fall, and corporate tax collections remain low, according to a new OECD report. For more information, click here to go to the press release referred to above dated 23 November 2017 on the website of the OECD. CFN-artikelnr. 20171124-7 BRONDOCUMENT BRON: www.oecd.org Land/gebiedsdeel: OECD Betreft: Social security contributions, ...
Report Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2017 presented on 23 March 2017 in Santiago: “Tax revenues continue to rise despite lower economic growth”
As announced earlier – see our article nr. 20170317-5 in CFN 2017-06 of 17 March 2017 – the tax policy publication Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean on Thursday 23 March 2017 was presented in Santiago during the 29th Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The report is produced jointly by the Inter-American Centre ...
OECD announces release of Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2017, 23 March 2017 Santiago
On 17 March 2017 the OECD announced on its website that it will present its tax policy publication Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean on Thursday 23 March 2017 in Santiago during the 29th Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). For the relevant item on the OECD's website, press here. CFN-artikelnr. 20170317-5 BRON Land/gebiedsdeel: OECD, ...