Italy has 5th highest tax burden in OECD

(ANSA) - Paris, December 10 - Italy's tax-to-GDP ratio declined by 0.1% in 2013, to 42.6%, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released on Wednesday.
    In 2012, the latest year for which tax revenue data was available for all 34 member countries, Italy ranked 5th with a tax-to-GDP ratio of 42.7%, against that year's OECD member average of 33.7%.