First of all, I have to say that chart is not showing the VAT rate in two different years. It's showing the VAT revenue in 2005 and the VAT rate in 2007. It doesn't show, for example, that Italy has increased the VAT rate.
Head of Division, Tax Policy and Statistics Division, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
First of all, I have to say that chart is not showing the VAT rate in two different years. It's showing the VAT revenue in 2005 and the VAT rate in 2007. It doesn't show, for example, that Italy has increased the VAT rate.
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