Italy 5th in OECD for tax burden

(ANSA) - Rome, December 3 - The Italian tax burden, or taxes as a percentage of GDP, fell slightly between 2013 and 2014, from 43.9% to 43.6%, the OECD said Thursday.
    Italy was fifth highest in the OECD ranking of 30 countries, behind Denmark (50.9%), France (45.2%), Belgium (44.7%) and Finland (43.9%). The average tax burden in the OECD was 34.4%.