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To: Geoff Altman who wrote (20224)	4/9/2008 9:14:09 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) of 71588

101 Countries Have Lower Total Tax Rate than U.S. From the World Bank and PricewaterhouseCoopers study "Paying Taxes 2008: The Global Picture:" (http://www.doingbusiness.org/documents/Paying_Taxes_2008.pdf) The Paying Taxes Study involves gathering information on the tax affairs of a standard case study company in 178 countries, by reviewing the financial statements and a list of transactions of a standard modest-sized firm. This information is used to generate three indicators related to the number of tax payments, the time taken to comply with its tax affairs, and the tax cost. These are equally weighted to produce an overall ranking for each country for the ease of paying taxes. From the Executive Summary: .The results show that tax reform is widespread. This year 31 countries improved their tax system and 65 have done so over the past three years.. • Reducing corporate income tax was the most popular reform. • However, many countries have made changes to reduce the compliance burden by simplifying or eliminating other business taxes. • Total tax rates have been in a downward trend during the period in which Paying Taxes data has been collected. Rankings for the United States: Total Tax Payments: Rank #21/178 (10 different tax payments) Total Tax Rate: #102/178 (46.2% total tax rate) Time to Comply: #122/178 (325 hours) Overall Ranking for the Ease of Paying Taxes: #76/178 Comment: Before American politicians consider imposing higher taxes on U.S. corporations, they should keep in mind that there are 101 countries that have a lower total tax rate than the U.S., 121 countries with a lower time to comply for corporate taxes, and 75 countries have a lower overall ranking for "ease of paying taxes." Further, the global trend is towards LOWER total tax rates. In today's highly globalized economy, the mobility of capital, talent, investment and production is greater than ever, and they will move to where they receive the best tax treatment. As the NCPA points out (http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=16170) "Despite the popular perception of America as a land of laissez-faire," this World Bank study tells a much different story of an economy with an uncompetitive, high corporate tax burden. mjperry.blogspot.com

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