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EU VAT Tax Rates. The European Union value-added tax (or EU VAT) is a value added tax on goods and services within the European Union (EU). The EU's institutions do not collect the tax, but EU member states are each required to adopt in national legislation a value added tax that complies with the EU VAT code. Different rates of VAT apply in ...
Map of the world showing national-level sales tax / VAT rates as of October 2019. 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 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]
Åland, an autonomous area, is considered to be outside the EU VAT area, although its VAT rate is the same as for Finland. Goods brought from Åland to Finland or other EU countries are considered to be imports. This enables tax-free sales onboard passenger ships. In Iceland, VAT is 24% for most goods and services.
This is a list of countries by tariff rate. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1 . Import duty refers to taxes levied on imported goods , capital and services.
The German village of Büsingen am Hochrhein is an exclave entirely surrounded by Switzerland, and as such is, for practical purposes, in a customs union with the latter non-EU country. [60] The euro is legal tender, though the Swiss franc is preferred. [61] Büsingen is excluded from the EU customs union and the EU VAT area. [10] Swiss VAT ...
The following list provides information relating to the (gross) minimum wages (before tax & social charges) of in the European Union member states. The calculations are based on the assumption of a 40-hour working week and a 52-week year, with the exceptions of France (35 hours), [1] Belgium (38 hours), [2] Ireland (39 hours), [1] and Germany (39.1 hours).
The tax system of the Czech Republic is similar in its main features to the systems of developed and especially European countries. Czech Republic's current tax system was put into administration on 1 January 1993. Since then, an updated VAT act was introduced on 1 May 2004 when Czech Republic joined the EU and the act had to correspond to EU law.