Fiscal gap increases to € 6 200 per household…and is not compensated by very high expenditures on social protection and health care 2
Belgium ranks second in comparisons of total fiscal burden (as % of GDP).
New Year's wishes for 2014 election year
Marc De Vos offers six policy wishes for the election year 2014 and appeals for elected politicians who dare to make choices.
A Belgian family pays 6200€ more taxes
Belgium ranks second in comparisons of total fiscal burden (as % of GDP). Watch the interview with Marc De Vos on Kanaal Z
Fiscal gap increases to € 6 200 per household
Belgium ranks second in comparisons of total fiscal burden (as % of GDP). This implies that a Belgian household pays € 6 200 more on taxes than households in neighbouring countries. The fiscal gap with Germany is € 7 274 per year (slightly less than the price of a small car).
Itinera regrets the debate on the Belgian salary handicap
The slight decrease of the Belgian salary handicap, as determined by the Central Counsil for the business world , is a benefit for the economy and the employment
Itinera regrets that the debate on this subject isn't differentiated.
What priorities for labour market policy?
Marc De Vos notes how the European Commission in its recommendations for Belgium returns to known structural shortages of the Belgian labour market. He offers a list of concrete policy proposals for the upcoming years.
Wage competitiveness and automatic indexation in Belgium
Etienne de Callataÿ analyses the socio economic facilities in our country. On many domaines, Belgium has made different choices than its most important trade partners.
Competitiveness: in search for complexity with an surplus value
According Johan Albrecht the Belgian companies need to scale up to high-tech products to best take advantage of the growth opportunities of the global economy.
All to Google Bank?
For many years one has speculated on Google establishing itself as a bank. Banks are transforming themselves more than ever in an IT system connected to a marketing machine. It is not surprising that competition from a company as Google is looked at with special interest.
