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Total Tax Pressure VAT, in 34 countries 2001 Net Wealth Tax Purchasing Power	Taxation of Capital Gains More to come

	Standard VAT  or sales tax	Reduced rates on certain goods
Denmark	25	0% passenger transport, financial transactions
Sweden	25	12% food, tourism, hotels, passenger transport  6% culture, newspapers, magazines, cinemas, sports
Hungary	25	12% food, medicine 0% pharmaceutical products
Iceland	24,5	14% certain food, Icelandic books, hotel rooms
Norway	24	12% food 11,11% certain fish-sales
Slovakia	23	10% food, medicine
Czech Republic	22	5% food and most services
Finland	22	17% food  8% medicine, books, passanger transport, accomodation, cultural entertainment, sports events 0% subscribed newspaper
Poland	22	7% processed food  3% unprocessed food 0% exports
Belgium	21	12% coal  6% food, books, services, gold 1%
Ireland	21	12,5% fuel, restaurants, constructions  4% cattle  0% food, books, children cloths
Italy	20	10% or 4% specific products
Austria	20	10% food, books, newspapers, private rents
Ukraina	20	0% culture, newspapers, education, healthcare, bank  services, incurances, rents
Russia	20	10% food, items for children
France	19,6	7% books, culture  5,5% food, electricity  2,1% newspaper, medicine
Netherlands	19	6% food, certain services 0% exports
Latvia	18
Estonia	18	5% books, medicine, healthcare equipment, heating 0% schoolbooks, subcribed newpapers & magazines, incurance & financial service, tourism, theaters & concerts, energy from wind & water, stamps etc.
Lithuania	18	9% heating 5% passenger transports 0% education, books, newspapers, magazine, medicine & medical treatment, rents, construction, insurance, financial services., post office, int.travel & transportation
Greece	18	8% food
United Kingdom	17,5	0% food, books, newspapers, fuel, power, energy
Turkey	17	25% cars, restaurants, white ware  8% food, books, newspapers 1% agricultural products
Portugal	17	30% luxury goods 12% restaurants  5% books, newspapers, medicine  0% food, essential items
Germany	16	7% food, books, newspapers
Spain	16	7% food, dwellings  4% basic necessities  0% books, water supply, medicine, exports
Luxenbourg	15	12% fuel, wine, tobacco  6% gas, electricity  3% food, children cloths, books, newspapers, medicine, water supply
New Zeeland	12,5	0% exports, transports, rents, financial services, duty free goods
Australia	10	0% basic food, exports, transportation, health, education, childcare, charity, central and local government services
Korea	10	0% unprocessed food and agricultural products, books, newspapers, magazines, education, culture, medicine, medical and health services, services, water, coal, passenger transports, postage, duty-exempt importation
Switzerland	7,5	3,5% hotels and lodging services  2,3% food, medicine, newspapers, water supply
Canada	7	15% goods and service tax, harmonized sales tax
United States	5-9	Sales tax
Japan	5	0% medical treatment, certain financial transactions