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A comparison of tax rates by countries is difficult and somewhat subjective, as tax laws in most countries are extremely complex and the tax burden falls differently on different groups in each country and sub-national unit. The list focuses on the main types of taxes: corporate tax, individual income tax, and sales tax, including VAT and GST ...
Data are in current U.S. dollars. Dollar figures for GDP are converted from domestic currencies using single year official exchange rates. For a few countries where the official exchange rate does not reflect the rate effectively applied to actual foreign exchange transactions, an alternative conversion factor is used. [2]
The quoted income tax rate is, except where noted, the top rate of tax: most jurisdictions have lower rate of taxes for low levels of income. Some countries also have lower rates of corporation tax for smaller companies. In 1980, the top rates of most European countries were above 60%. Today most European countries have rates below 50%. [1]
A source of controversy is the effective tax rate of Ireland corporation tax system, of which the independent evidence is that it is less than 4%, and as low as 0.005% for major U.S. multinationals (see Irish effective corporate tax rate). [35] Ireland's Corporate Tax System has seen Ireland labelled a tax haven, and in June 2018, academics ...
sole trader: must be a natural person e.c. (egyéni cég) sole venture: a company registered by and consisting of one sole trader bt. (betéti társaság) limited partnership: requires one general partner with unlimited liability and one or more members with limited liability kkt. (közkereseti társaság) general partnership
J. Scott Applewhite/APApple Inc. CEO Tim Cook testifies before a Senate committee Tuesday about the $1 billion the company holds in an Irish subsidiary as a tax strategy. By Conor Humphries and ...
In November 2017, Irish economist David McWilliams writing in The Irish Times quoted that the U.S. BEA statistics implied U.S. multinationals in Ireland paid an effective tax rate of 3.27% on Irish registered pre-tax income of $106,789 million in 2013, and 3.38% on Irish registered pre-tax income of $108,971 million in 2014, due to "a myriad of ...
This is the list of countries by trade-to-GDP ratio, i.e. the sum of exports and imports of goods and services, divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage, based on the data published by World Bank. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.