Tax Revenue in Germany by Tax Types 2008
The Tax Revenue in Germany by Tax Types chart for 2008 shows that the largest tax type is turnover tax. This tax is “similar to a sales tax or a VAT, with the difference that it taxes intermediate and possibly capital goods.” Unlike a sales tax, turnover tax is assessed when the manufacture of a product is completed.
The second largest tax type was wage tax at about 142B Euros. Tobacco users also contributed one of the highest tax types with a total of 13.6 B Euros.
Germany Tax Revenue by Tax Type 2008
From the Statistics Germany:
“In 2008 the Federal Republic of Germany had cash tax revenues of 561.2 billion euro in total. The largest share was contributed by community taxes with 396.5 billion euro, of which the most important one was the turnover tax (including import turnover tax) with 176.0 billion euro.”
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