Fiscal freedom index in Europe: Switzerland in first place

The tax factor is becoming an increasingly important component of the competitiveness of a country, important for attracting investment and promoting economic growth. On this issue the Impresalavoro Centro Studi Udine has published a study in which, calculated an index of freedom fiscal 2016, which takes account of seven different indicators to assess the "burden", not only financial, taxation in the 28 countries of EU and Switzerland. For the realization, the Study Centre has sought the collaboration of researchers from ten European countries (including the Liberales Institut of Zurich).

The result is positive for Switzerland which is in first place, with a fiscal freedom index of 75 points, while Italy is in last place, with an index of 39 points.
The index was developed on the basis of Eurostat data and of the Doing Business report of the World Bank and analyzes seven different indicators, each of which involves assigning a score. The virtual podium, ranking it in second place Ireland (74) while Estonia is the third (70) while Germany is only in 21st place (52).

In the area of tax-burdened countries – with a score less than 50 – they are also found Denmark (49), Greece (48), Austria (45), France (44) and Belgium (41).
Switzerland is the country with the lowest tax burden on GDP, with a market share of 27.3%.