German and UK taxation
David Smith, in a piece called 'Wheels coming of UK plc', says:The consequences of the government’s extravagance on spending, and the accompanying increase in the tax burden, are coming home to roost. A decade ago, the tax burden in Britain was decisively lower than in Germany...But this year, says the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Britain’s tax burden will be 42.4%, higher than Germany’s 42.1% and well above America, which has come down to 32.7%.
It's worth noting I think that also according to the OECD Britain's tax 'burden' was higher than Germany's in 1985, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004. The UK did have lower total government revenue than Germany for much of this period, having much lower non-tax receipts (such as dividends from public companies, or fines etc).
posted by Matthew @ 2/05/2006 05:54:00 PM
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