File talk:Income Taxes By Country.svg

This chart is misleading in that its main caption describes the data as "Mean Income Tax Rates" but the fine print reveals that for corporate tax rates, the highest marginal rate is used. This is equivalent to claiming that the "Mean Income Tax Rate" for individuals is the highest rate paid by high income individuals, which overstates the actual average tax rate (which logically should take into account the lower tax rates paid by individuals down the income scale). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sproul (talk • contribs) 00:45, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Current data at http://www.oecd.org/document/60/0,3746,en_2649_34533_1942460_1_1_1_1,00.html#pir does not appear to be reducible to a bar chart such as this. There are income thresholds and similar quantizations; if the 2005 data was similarly organized I cannot see how this chart can possibly be accurate.

This chart is being heavily referenced by political arguments across the Internet. I would hate to think it was inaccurate. -- Charlie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.153.180.229 (talk) 16:29, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

What do the asterisks mean? -- Beland (talk) 18:19, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Quoting from the original OECD source : -- Bokske (talk) 10:12, 21 April 2009 (UTC) For Australia, New Zealand and the UK, all with a non-calendar tax year, the rates shown are those in effect as of 1 July, 1 April and 1 April, respectively.

This is a really ugly chart. It could be improved my thickening the bars, changing the color palate, changing the typeface, and increasing the spacing between the different countries, and rotating the bars vertically. A scatter chart may also be informative, plotting GDP and tax rate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevo517 (talk • contribs) 12:23, 15 April 2011 (UTC)