Taxes and tax-like payments

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Tax ratio 42.1 per cent in 2010
14 Jul 2011
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.

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2 Mar 2012