Tax burden in new EU countries lower
Spent: 28 January 2005 15.59 LUXEMBOURG - the ten
countries which have become previous year May member of the European
Union, levy all less taxes than on average. Lithuania has with
an average tax burden of 28.7 percent of the Gross Domestic Product
even the lowest charges of the complete Union, becomes clear from
Friday appeared overview of office Eurostat on the basis of data from
2003. the average tax burden was in the EU 41.5 percent. The
Netherlands bijzit with 39.3 percent there dense. The Swedish
government collects 51.4 percent of each deserved crown and stands
with that at the top. Also Denmark and Belgium have high taxes.
Under tax burden Eurostat understand all obligatory levies.
Not only income tax, but also VAT, corporation tax and
obligatory social funds count. (c) DUTCH PRESS AGENCY
Source "tax burden in new EU countries lower": nu.nl
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