Business Taxes

Mr. Fraser
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the percentage of gross domestic product constituted by business taxes for (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Germany, (c) France and (d) Italy in each year since 1974–75. [10894]

Dawn Primarolo
[holding answer 28 July 1997]: The information requested is shown in the table. ----------------
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|United Kingdom|
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|Germany       |
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|France|
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|Italy |
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Notes:

(1) Taxes on business include corporate taxes, employers social security contributions, taxes on payroll, taxes on property and other taxes.

(2) Prior to 1990 data available on a five-year basis.

Source:

Revenue Statistics, 1965–1995, OECD (1996 Edition).