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Taxing Wages 2023

Indexation of Labour Taxation and Benefits in OECD Countries

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This annual publication provides details of taxes paid on wages in OECD countries. This year’s edition focuses on the impact of recent inflation on labour taxation in the OECD and how countries adjust their tax systems in response. For the year 2022, the report also examines personal income taxes and social security contributions paid by employees, social security contributions and payroll taxes paid by employers, and cash benefits received by workers. It illustrates how these taxes and benefits are calculated in each member country and examines how they impact household incomes. The results also enable quantitative cross-country comparisons of labour cost levels and the overall tax and benefit position of single persons and families on different levels of earnings. The publication shows average and marginal effective tax rates on labour costs for eight different household types, which vary by income level and household composition (single persons, single parents, one or two earner couples with or without children). The average tax rates measure the part of gross wage earnings or labour costs taken in tax and social security contributions, both before and after cash benefits, and the marginal tax rates the part of a small increase of gross earnings or labour costs that is paid in these levies.

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Resumen Ejecutivo

Las tasas efectivas de impuestos sobre las rentas del trabajo aumentaron en la OCDE en 2022 al mismo tiempo que la elevada inflación provocaba un descenso de los salarios reales. La cuña fiscal para los ocho tipos de hogares que se incluyen en este informe aumentó en la mayoría de los países de la OCDE entre 2021 y 2022, con mayores incrementos observados en los hogares con hijos, y particularmente en los niveles de renta más bajos. Los resultados subrayan la importancia de las políticas para mitigar la desaceleración fiscal, el fenómeno por el cual la presión fiscal aumenta debido a una adaptación incompleta de los parámetros del sistema tributario a la inflación.

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