Tax Burden in Austria Still High According to OECD

PeopleOther ♦ Published: April 25, 2023; 23:33 ♦ (Vindobona)

According to a study conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), taxes and duties for Austrian employees continue to be high in international comparison.

Only in three of the 38 OECD member states is the tax burden higher than in Austria. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons, Christoph Waghubinger, CC BY-SA 3.0 Austria

As the OECD's published "Taxing Wages" study shows, the tax and contribution burden for the average single worker in Austria has decreased by one percentage point from 47.8 in 2021 to 46.8 percent in 2022.

Nevertheless, Austria has the fourth-highest "tax wedge" among the 38 OECD member countries. This amounted to 34.6 percent in the OECD area last year. The "tax wedge" includes…