http://www.stat.fi/til/vermak/index_en.html Latest statistical releases from Statistics Finland on statistics Taxes and tax-like payments en http://www.stat.fi/favicon.png http://www.stat.fi/til/vermak/index_en.html 32 32 http://www.stat.fi/til/vermak/2010/vermak_2010_2011-07-14_tie_001_en.html The tax rate, or the ratio of taxes and compulsory social security contributions to gross domestic product, was 42.1 per cent in 2010. One year earlier, it was 42.6 per cent. The tax ratio fell because tax accruals grew slower than GDP in nominal terms. The tax rate has last been this low in 1987. In 2010, the accruals of taxes and compulsory social security contributions totalled EUR 76.0 billion, which is around three per cent more than in the year before. These data are based on revised preliminary national accounts data concerning 2010. The data did not essentially change from those released at the beginning of March. Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/vermak/2010/vermak_2010_2011-07-14_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/vermak/2009/vermak_2009_2010-07-15_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finlands revised data, the tax rate, or the ratio of taxes and compulsory social security contributions to gross domestic product was 43.1 per cent in 2009. In 2008, the ratio was also 43.1 per cent. The tax rate remained unchanged because tax revenue and gross domestic product in nominal terms decreased by about the same percentage. In 2009, the accruals of taxes and compulsory social security contributions totalled EUR 73.8 billion, which is 7.3 per cent less than in the year before. Since 1975 the tax accrual has declined from the previous year only six times and never by as much as now. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/vermak/2009/vermak_2009_2010-07-15_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/vermak/2008/vermak_2008_2009-07-09_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finlands revised data, the ratio of taxes and compulsory social security contributions to gross domestic product was 43.1 per cent in 2008. In 2007, the ratio was 43.0 per cent. The tax ratio rose because tax accruals grew by more than GDP in nominal terms. In 2008, tax accruals grew by 3.1 per cent and GDP in nominal terms by 2.8 per cent. The accruals of taxes and social security contributions totalled EUR 79.6 billion. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/vermak/2008/vermak_2008_2009-07-09_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/vermak/2007/vermak_2007_2008-07-10_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland's revised data, the ratio of taxes and compulsory social security contributions to gross domestic product was 43.0 per cent in 2007. One year earlier, the ratio was 0.5 percentage points higher. The total accrual of taxes and compulsory social security contributions went up by 6.3 per cent from the previous year and stood at EUR 77.2 billion. Nevertherless, the tax ratio declined from the year before as GDP grew by 7.6 per cent in nominal terms. The net tax ratio, i.e. the tax ratio less current and capital transfers and subsidies paid to the private sector, rose by 0.5 percentage points to 22.3 per cent. The explanation to the development in the tax ratio is that the public transfers grew more slowly than GDP and the accrual of taxes and compulsory social security contributions. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/vermak/2007/vermak_2007_2008-07-10_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/vermak/2006/vermak_2006_2007-07-12_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland's revised preliminary data, the ratio of the taxes and compulsory social security contributions collected by general government to gross domestic product was 43.5 per cent in 2006. One year earlier the ratio was 0.5 percentage points higher. The total accrual of taxes and compulsory social security contributions went up by 5.0 per cent from the previous year and was EUR 72.6 billion. Nevertheless, the tax ratio declined due to the strong growth of the GDP. The net tax ratio, i.e. the tax ratio less public current and capital transfers and subsidies received by the private sector, went up by 0.3 percentage points to 21.8 per cent. This is because the public transfers received by the private sector grew more slowly than GDP in 2006. Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/vermak/2006/vermak_2006_2007-07-12_tie_001_en.html