One of the most efficient tax raising methods is the US payroll tax, for which the marginal tax rate is close to the average rate (because deductions are absent and there is little graduation in the rate structure).

The top personal income tax rate (also levied on capital gains), the sales tax rate, the corporate tax rate, and the gas tax are all at or near the highest of any state.

To see why, consider the tax rate necessary to pay for social benefits, which equals the replacement rate (the average level of benefits relative to taxpayer incomes) multiplied by the dependency ratio (the share of the population receiving the benefits). The higher the replacement rate and or dependency ratio, the higher the tax rate needed to pay for the benefits.

It would also be desirable to reduce the US corporate tax rate gradually, bringing it closer to the 25 OECD average. That, too, would encourage more repatriation of overseas earnings.

b Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of an average 10 vacancy rate compared to an average 5 vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

a The exchange rate used (0.753) is the average rate for the period January March 2005.

d The exchange rate used (0.753) is the average rate for the period January March 2005.

c The exchange rate used (0.753) is the average rate for the period January March 2005.

a The exchange rate used (0.753) is the average rate for the period January March 2005.

Reagan s tax policies reduced the top income tax rate from 70 in 1980 to 28 in 1986.

There are many arguments for raising Japan s consumption tax rate.

Despite the low birth rate, the population is still growing at an average annual rate of 0.23 .

There is a higher than average suicide rate associated with schizophrenia.

The income tax rate was decreased to 21 by January 2008.

But there are not enough tax breaks for the rich to cover another 20 reduction in their income tax rate.

Roughly, and on an average, literacy rate in Pakistan has been growing at the rate of 3.2329 per annum.

The rate of scheduled reductions is approximately 20 per year on average.

In January 2005, the personal income tax rate was reduced to 24 .

These countries existing foreign debt, by contrast, carried an average interest rate of 1.6 with an average maturity of 28.7 years.

While the average fertility rate among urban women is 2.6 children per woman, the rate for rural women is 4.4.

A lower corporate tax rate would weaken this justification. Moreover, pension funds, retirement plans, and non profit organizations, which receive about 50 of all corporate dividends, do not pay tax on these earnings, and would benefit from a lower corporate tax rate.

Moreover, unemployment in the eurozone has skyrocketed to an average rate of roughly 12 , with more than 50 youth unemployment in the periphery countries implying a long term loss of talent and erosion of the tax base.

The average spreading rate for the ridge is about 2.5 cm per year.

The average rate of overhead reached more than 11 per cent in 2004

But, given that the top US marginal income tax rate is 35 , he certainly is a tax avoider on a grand scale.

Based on tide gauge data, the rate of global average sea level rise during the 20th century lies in the range 0.8 to 3.3 mm yr, with an average rate of 1.8 mm yr.

For example, if the average rate of arrivals is 5 per minute, then the average waiting time between arrivals is 1 5 minute.

Sarkozy s proposed cure is to boost growth by reducing the tax burden on employers, while simultaneously hiking the rate of value added tax.

Some crime types are above average, notably the highest homicide rate in Western Europe.

A global externality can best be dealt with by a globally agreed tax rate.

In 1995 2010, when China s average annual GDP growth rate was 9.9 , fixed asset investment (investment in infrastructure and real estate projects) increased by a factor of 11.2, rising at an average annual rate of 20 .

The average frame rate is thus 60 2.5 24 frames per second, so the average film speed is nominally exactly what it should be.

The degree of financial repression in a country can be estimated by calculating the gap between the average nominal GDP growth rate and the average long term interest rate, with a larger gap indicating more severe repression.

BEIJING For three decades, China has been growing at an average annual rate of 9.8 .

Before that, between 1960 and 1985, American households saved an average of 9 of their after tax incomes.

The corporate tax rate is a flat 18 , one of the lowest in the world.

As defined in the proposed legislation, the tax rate is 23 for the first year.

Japan s government has a huge debt burden, and its consumption tax rate is far lower than the value added tax rates that prevail in Europe.

Moreover, a high corporate tax rate is an ineffective and costly tool for producing revenues, owing to innovative financial transactions and legal tax avoidance mechanisms.

And, while raising so much revenue with so low a tax rate sounds grand, the declining volume of trades would shrink the tax base precipitously.

Instead of cutting proven tax incentives for business investment, the US should offset at least some of the revenue losses from a lower corporate tax rate by raising tax rates on corporate shareholders.

According to the World Bank, the average growth rate for the period 1996 2002 in Africa was about 3.6 , compared to the world average of 2.7 .

The unemployment rate is around 11.7 , which is above the EU average, while real GDP growth in 2011 was 8.0 , five times the euro zone average.

While average agricultural income grew by 90 in the 1994 97 period, the rural tax burden jumped by 800 .

The tuberculosis rate on Pine Ridge is approximately eight times higher than the U.S. national average.