Greece: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 2008/147, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper provides an assessment of Greece’s competitiveness, export performance, and national saving and investment. It examines the Greek tax ratio and structure, and places them in the EU context. It also reviews the design of the various tax categories, and identifies the scope for further simplifying the tax system and broadening the tax base. The paper discusses that it would be desirable to raise the tax ratio through expanding the tax base before considering raising tax rates.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; export; saving-investment gap; housing investment; C. export performance; export category; medium-to high-tech export; personal income; manufacturing firm; Corporate income tax; Personal income; Personal income tax; Income and capital gains taxes; Income tax systems; Global; Europe; Asia and Pacific (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41
Date: 2008-05-02
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