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Bulgaria with second-lowest GDP/tax revenue ratio in EU

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Bulgaria places second in the EU, together with Latvia, in terms of lowest tax revenue/gross domestic product ratio. In those two countries the tax revenue/GDP ratio amounts to 27.9%. Only in Lithuania the tax revenue/GDP ratio is lower-27.2%, data of the European Parliament about the EU states’ tax systems show. On the other hand, in The Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, and Finland the GDP/tax revenue ratio is highest. Data of the EP also shows that the highest amount of revenues in Bulgaria’s treasury is collected from taxes levied on consumption. The value added tax in Bulgaria (20%) is among the lowest in the whole EU and only Germany, Cyprus, Malta and Luxembourg have lower VAT. On the other hand, Hungary has the highest VAT-27%, followed by Denmark, Croatia and Sweden with 25%.  VAT in Romania and Finland amounts to 24%. In Romania, however, VAT on food was reduced to 9%. 




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