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Tax policy analysis consists of the identification and evaluation of the effects of tax policies that have occurred in the past or might be considered for the future. Its primary purpose is to assist policy makers in designing tax policies that are suited to their objectives.
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from 17-Jul-2008 to 19-Sep-2008
The Italian Government has generously established a fellowship in memory of the young Italian economist Alessandro Di Battista. The closing date for applications is 19 September 2008.
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11-Mar-2008
Families with children have paid less in tax as a percentage of their income in recent years in Australia, Hungary, Ireland and New Zealand, thanks to family-friendly tax policies, but wage-earners in some other OECD countries, including Greece, Iceland, Korea and Mexico, have wound up with higher tax bills due to so-called fiscal drag.
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17-Oct-2007
On October 17 – 19 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the International Tax Dialogue - a collaborative initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank - convened a global tax conference to examine the experiences of countries in the taxation of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The Press release is also available in French and Spanish.
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17-Oct-2007
The average tax burden in OECD countries, measured as the ratio of tax to gross domestic product (GDP), is back up to the same levels as in 2000 after a brief reduction between 2001 and 2004, according to figures in the latest edition of the OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics publication.
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07-Jun-2007
Nearly 300 U.S. and international executives, government officials and other tax experts convened at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., for a major two-day conference, which highlighted the work of the OECD in the development of national tax policy and international tax arrangements governing cross-border trade and investment.
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05-Apr-2007
The OECD and the United Arab Emirates are to join forces in a drive to strengthen tax co-operation between the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and between these countries and OECD countries.
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Taxing Wages provides unique information on income tax paid by workers and social security contributions levied on employees and their employers in OECD countries. Special Feature: Tax Reforms and Tax Burdens 2000-2006.
Taxing Wages 2006/2007: 2007 Edition
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