§ Mr. Newtonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give details of the percentage of total personal incomes taken in income tax and employees' social Security contributions in the EEC countries, the United States of America and Japan in each of the latest five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesThe following table shows, as a percentage of total personal income, direct taxes on income and total social security contributions. Figures for employees' contributions alone are not available; and figures of total personal income are not available for Denmark or Luxembourg.
are provided directly by the central Government. Also, the relative importance of indirect taxation in different countries affects such comparisons.
771WSource: National accounts of OECD countries, published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.