Tax wedge for average single worker increases fractionally
The latest Taxing Wages report from the OECD shows that the tax wedge for the average single worker in Ireland increased by 0.3 percentage points from 33.7% in 2020 to 34.0% in 2021. In 2021, Ireland had the 24th lowest tax wedge among the 38 OECD member countries, occupying the same position in 2020. The tax wedge is a measure of the tax on labour income, which includes the tax…