Local taxes on economic activity in municipalities in EU Member States
HIGHLIGHTS
→ Revenues from taxes on local economic activities to local budgets
can work as a reward for municipalities, which pursue local policies
conducive for development of the local business.
→ The variety of taxes generating revenues from local economy to local
budgets is very large within Europe. This survey reviews the structure
of taxes and their share in revenues of municipalities’ budgets in 2019
across Member States.
→ There are substantial differences across EU Member States in the share
of revenues from taxes on local economic activities to local budgets,
which work as an award for efforts of municipalities to increase
productivity of local business. Shares range from 0 % to 66 %.
→ EU Member States with such shares equal or higher EU-average had
stronger economic growth in the period 2015-2019 than EU Member States
with shares below EU average, indicating that these shares
could play an important role for sustainable economic development
at national level.
HERRMANN Benedikt;
2022-04-19
European Commission
JRC129095
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC129095,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC129095,
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