Taxing Wages provides unique information on income tax paid by workers and social security contributions levied on employees and their employers in OECD countries. In addition, this annual publication specifies family benefits paid as cash transfers.
Amounts of taxes and benefits are detailed program by program, for eight household types which differ by income level and household composition. Results reported include the marginal and effective tax burden for one- and two-earner families, and total labour costs of employers.
Costa Rica was not an OECD Member at the time of preparation of this publication. Accordingly, Costa Rica does not appear in the list of OECD Members and is not included in the zone aggregates.
Please also refer to the Explanatory Notes on 'personal income tax rates' for more details
The information shown in the columns 'Level of government' and 'Tax base' corresponds to the same columns in Table I.2.Taxing Wages provides unique information on income tax paid by workers and social security contributions levied on employees and their employers in OECD countries. In addition, this annual publication specifies family benefits paid as cash transfers.
Amounts of taxes and benefits are detailed program by program, for eight household types which differ by income level and household composition. Results reported include the marginal and effective tax burden for one- and two-earner families, and total labour costs of employers.
Costa Rica was not an OECD Member at the time of preparation of this publication. Accordingly, Costa Rica does not appear in the list of OECD Members and is not included in the zone aggregates.
Please also refer to the Explanatory Notes on 'personal income tax rates' for more details
The information shown in the columns 'Level of government' and 'Tax base' corresponds to the same columns in Table I.2.