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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8406
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) oecd/taxation

Tax pressure is reduced, says OECD report

Paris, 21/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - Tax pressure on households is coming down, according to the annual OECD report on income tax to be published in April. "As one would expect, households with higher incomes generally pay a higher proportion of their income in tax, and households with children typically pay less than those without", the OECD notes in a press release. Thus, in Germany, Luxembourg, Hungary, Iceland and Luxembourg, the rate of taxation of a couple with a child may be 20 points...

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