EU study attacks tax response to crisis

Report of the 2009 edition of Eurostat's 'Taxation trends in the European Union'. The report included an overview of the tax measures adopted in the Member States to respond to the global economic and financial crisis.

This report also contains a detailed statistical and economic analysis of the tax systems of the Member States of the European Union and Norway.

Eurostat: Press Release, STAT/09/92: Taxation trends in the European Union EU27 tax ratio at 39.8% of GDP in 2007 Steady decline in top personal and corporate income tax rates since 2000 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=STAT/09/92&format=DOC&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: DG Taxation and Customs Union: Taxation: General information: Economic analysis of taxation: Taxation trends in the European Union http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/taxation/gen_info/economic_analysis/tax_structures/index_en.htm

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