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Income Tax by Country, 2004

CountrySingle person
without
children
One-earner
family with
two children
Australia24.3%24.3%
Austria10.88.1
Belgium26.615.2
Canada17.813.9
Czech Republic11.45.3
Denmark30.625.4
Finland24.224.2
France13.17.1
Germany19.6–2.8
Greece0.60.6
Hungary12.44.7
Iceland25.514.0
Ireland10.62.2
Italy18.611.9
Japan5.92.7
Korea, South2.21.4
Luxembourg8.90.0
Mexico3.03.0
Netherlands8.58.3
New Zealand20.720.7
Norway20.918.0
Poland6.14.1
Portugal5.60.4
Slovakia7.9–5.3
Spain12.74.3
Sweden24.024.0
Switzerland9.85.1
Turkey15.415.4
United Kingdom15.98.1
United States16.52.4
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, Taxing Wages, 2003–2004 (copyright). From Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2006.

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