Iraq: Income and profits taxes
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| Iraq |
Income, profits, and capital gains taxes: percent of revenue |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 1.99 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 2014 - 2019 |
| Average | 3.17 |
| Min - Max | 1.27 - 5.61 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2019 is 1.99 percent, a decline from 3 percent in 2018. In comparison, the world average is 27.45 percent, based on data from 132 countries. Historically, the average for Iraq from 2014 to 2019 is 3.17 percent. The minimum value, 1.27 percent, was reached in 2014 while the maximum of 5.61 percent was recorded in 2017.
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Definition: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Government spending, percent of GDP | 17.72 | 2021 | percent |
| Government spending, in dollars | 37.15 | 2021 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Fiscal balance, percent of GDP | -2.05 | 2023 | percent |
| Government debt | 58.92 | 2017 | percent |
| Tax revenue | 1.34 | 2019 | percent |
| Commercial tax rate | 30.80 | 2019 | percent |
| Tax preparation time | 312 | 2019 | hours |
| Number of taxes | 15 | 2019 | taxes |
| Taxes on goods and services | 0.35 | 2019 | percent |
| Taxes on international trade | 0.89 | 2019 | percent |
| Income and profits taxes | 1.99 | 2019 | percent |
| Foreign aid | 1,569.81 | 2022 | million U.S. dollars |