Data on government sector receipts, and on taxes in particular, are basic inputs to most structural economic descriptions and economic analyses and are increasingly used in international comparisons. This annual publication presents a unique set of detailed and internationally comparable tax data in a common format for all OECD countries from 1965 onwards. It also gives a conceptual framework to define which government receipts should be regarded as taxes and to classify different types of taxes. This book includes StatLinks, URLs linking statistical tables via the internet to Excel® spreadsheets showing the underlying data.

 - Introduction
PART I. TAX REVENUE TRENDS
 - Tax Revenue Trends, 1965-2006
 - Special Feature: The Balance between Direct and Indirect Taxes
PART II. TAX LEVELS AND STRUCTURES, 1965-2005
PART III. COUNTRY TABLES 1965-2005
 - Australia
 - Austria
 - Belgium
 - Canada
 - Czech Republic
 - Denmark
 - Finland
 - France
 - Germany
 - Greece
 - Hungary
 - Iceland
 - Ireland
 - Italy
 - Japan
 - Korea
 - Luxembourg
 - Mexico
 - Netherlands
 - New Zealand
 - Norway
 - Poland
 - Portugal
 - Slovak Republic
 - Spain
 - Sweden
 - Switzerland
 - Turkey
 - United Kingdom
 -  United States
 - Comparative Charts, 1965-2005
 - Social Security Contributions and Payroll Taxes Paid by Government
 PART IV. Tax Revenues by Subsectors of General Government 1975, 1985 and 2005
 PART V.  Non-Tax Revenues and Grants
 Annex: The OECD Classification of Taxes and Interpretive Guide