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• Chapter 1: General assessment of the macroeconomic situation

  - 2008-06-01

  Overview Growth is slowing in response to strong headwinds The odds are improving that financial market turmoil has passed its peak. Still, its fallout will continue to act as a brake on growth for considerable time to come. Other headwinds causing the on-going slowdown in activity in the...

  Tags: asset, bank, FINANCE, financial, inflation, investment, Japan, OECD, tax, U.S.

• U.S. corporate tax rate is second highest in OECD ranking, 2000-2006

  - 2008-03-01

  Only Japan taxes corporate income at a higher rate than the U.S. Germany had higher tax rates than the U.S. in 2000 but now has a lower rate (38.9 percent). Ireland has a 12.5 percent corporate rate, nearly the lowest in the world, and yet collects 3.6 percent of GDP...

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• Chapter 1: general assessment of the macroeconomic situation

  - 2007-12-01

  OVERVIEW Financial turmoil, housing weakness and oil prices are forefront ... 2007 is set to become the fourth year of above-trend growth in the OECD area (Table 1.1), but activity is now moderating. One cause of this moderation is the cooling of housing markets, which will act to...

  Tags: asset, China, corollary, financial, Iceland, inflation, investment, Japan, OECD, tax, U.K., U.S.

• Italy

  - 2007-12-01

  GDP slowed in the first half of 2007, as export growth weakened, rebounded in the third quarter but may weaken again in the fourth. Growth over the course of 2008-09 is projected at near its potential rate of just under 1 1/2 per cent. Unemployment, which continued to fall through...

  Tags: financial, Italy, OECD, tax

• Who Devotes Majority of GDP to Government?

  - 2007-10-19

  Worldwide, taxes are on the rise, or so says the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD. Which country takes a majority of their GDP and puts it back into government spending? Sweden is the clear winner. In 2006, 50.1% of their GDP went to taxes. ...

  Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Jonathan Haeber, OECD, tax, GDP

• Budgeting for work—life balance: the ideology and politics of work and family policy in Australia

  - 2007-06-01

  Abstract Since its election in 1996 the Howard Government has invested billions of dollars in Australian families with children. Much of this money has been delivered through policies the Government claims will 'support families in the choices they wish to make' about how they combine paid work and family...

  Tags: Australia, benefit, budgeting, Bureau, Canberra, Government, income, OECD, payment, tax, women

• MEDIA ADVISORY: OECD Conference in Washington to Engage Top International Tax Officials

  - 2007-05-30

  WHAT: Conference, "New OECD Initiatives in International Taxation: Looking Ahead" WHO: Eric Solomon, assistant secretary for tax policy, U.S. Department of Treasury Constance A. Morella,...

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• Officials differ on international cooperation.

  - 2007-05-28

  May 28, 2007 (International Tax Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The annual ABA/IBA tax planning strategies meeting was held in Frankfurt on 19 and 20 April 2007. The meeting was attended by senior officials from the US, UK and German governments, the Eu May 28,...

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• U.S. Executives to Engage Top International Tax Officials at OECD Conference in Washington

  - 2007-05-10

  U.S. executives and tax counsel will have unparalleled access to key tax officials from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, as well as United States and other OECD member nations, at a major conference, "New OECD International Tax Initiatives: Looking Ahead," June 4 and 5 at the Ronald Reagan...

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• OECD proposals on harmful tax practices: a status report.

  - 2007-05-07

  Byline: David Spencer and Jason Sharman Byline: David Spencer and Jason Sharman

  Tags: OECD, status report, tax