Tax Policy – Reliance on Individual Income Tax Revenue in Europe
Today’s map shows the extent to which European countries rely on individual income tax revenue, measured as a share of total tax revenue.
According to a recent report on tax revenue sources, individual income taxes were the third most important tax revenue source among European OECD countries in 2018, at an average of 23.0 percent of total tax revenue. Only consumption taxes (32.5 percent) and social insurance taxes (29.7 percent) were on average greater sources of tax revenue.
Denmark relied the most on revenue from individual income taxes, at 54.4 percent of total tax revenue. This is partially because Denmark uses a share of its individual income tax revenue for its social programs instead of levying a social insurance tax dedicated to fund these programs. Iceland and Ireland had the second and third highest reliance on individual income taxes, at 39.6 percent and 31.3 percent, respectively.
Slovakia (10.8 percent), the Czech Republic (12.2 percent), and Lithuania (13.5 percent) relied the least on individual income tax revenue. All three of these countries instead raised about two-thirds of their total tax revenue from social insurance taxes and consumption taxes combined.
Note: This is part of a map series in which we examine tax revenue sources in Europe.
Source: Tax Policy – Reliance on Individual Income Tax Revenue in Europe
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