Modele systemów podatkowych w państwach Unii Europejskiej

Abstract

The aim of the article is to identify the similarities and differences in the tax systems in the European Union (EU) countries by specifying the basic tax system models. For its implementation we carry out a cluster analysis using the k-means method based on 12 parameters characterising tax systems. We distinguish five models of tax systems in the EU countries: Western European, Eastern European, Nordic, British and mixed model. We use such a nomenclature as the basic parameters of the tax system are strongly correlated with the geographical location of the country. Probably factors such as history, tradition, and culture have a significant impact on the shapes of the tax systems in the EU. Clear differences exist especially between the EU-15 countries and Central and Eastern European countries.(original abstract)