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 (1) today's foreign currency exchnage rate: 1 Chinese yuan (CNY) = 1.2 Hong Kong dollar, or
 1 Hong Kong dollar = 0.83 CNY
 
 (2) In a sense, it is unfair to compare Hong Kong with other economies, for HK has one of the lowest tax rates in the world.*
 
 * One reason is readily apparent: It does not support trappings of a nation, such as military and diplomacy.
 
 (3) List of countries by tax revenue as percentage of GDP. Wikipedia
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_revenue_as_percentage_of_GDP
 
 According to Heritage Foundation (column 1),** total tax revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) for the following economies:
 
 Canada ...............................................33.4%
 China, People's Republic of ................17.0
 China, Republic of (Taiwan) ................12.4
 Cuba ....................................................44.8
 Denmark ..............................................50.0
 France .................................................46.1
 Germany ..............................................40.6
 Greece .................................................33.5
 Hong Kong ...........................................12.8
 Inida ......................................................17.7
 Irealnd ..................................................34.0
 Israel .....................................................36.8
 Italy .......................................................42.6
 Japan ....................................................27.4
 Luxembourg ..........................................36.4
 Korea, South .........................................26.8
 Mexico .....................................................9.7
 Netherlands ...........................................39.5
 Norway ..................................................43.6
 Russia ....................................................36.9
 Spain ......................................................37.3
 Sweden ..................................................47.9
 Switzerland ............................................30.1
 United Arab Emirates ..............................1.4
 United Kingdom .....................................39.0
 United States (all levels) ........................26.9
 
 ** Reference 1: "Index of Economic Freedom, Heritage Foundation. Note: Tax revenue as a percentage of GDP was obtained from the individual country pages, under the "Fiscal Freedom" section. These numbers change. Please update the numbers for individual countries in the list."
 
 My comment: Take Hong Kong for example:
 
 "FISCAL FREEDOM 93.3  +0.3 [compared with the previous year]
 
 Hong Kong’s effective tax rates are among the lowest in the world. Individuals are taxed either progressively, between 2 percent and 17 percent on income adjusted by deductions and allowances, or at a flat 15 percent of gross income, depending on which liability is lower. The top corporate income tax rate is 16.5 percent. Unincorporated businesses enjoy a lower rate of 15 percent. Excise duties on beer and wine were removed in 2008. In the most recent year, overall tax revenue as a percentage of GDP was 13 percent."
 Hong Kong, in "2011 Index of Economic Freedom," Heritage Foundation. http://www.heritage.org/index/Country/HongKong
 
 (4) It just happens that a few days ago an international comparison of tax regimes in 19 nations (China, Taiwan, Hong Kong not among them) were released: taxing salary of $25,000 and $200,000.
 
 Press Releases: Wide Tax Gaps Among Countries, UHY Study Finds. UHY, June 10, 2011.
 http://www.uhy.com/pages/posts/wide-tax-gaps-among-countries-uhy-study-finds164.php
 
 Please take notice that Dubai is a constituent emirate of UAE.
 
 (The following report took up with the first half of the press release:
 Alistair MacDonald, Europeans Found Taxed Heaviest: Russia's Rich Have Lightest Load. Wall Street Journal, Juen 13, 2011.
 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304778304576377710593726674.html
 )
 
 (5) After I came to US, I frequently was puzzled by tax battles between Congress and the president. At last I learned that tax in Taiwan was (and is) among the lowest in the world--both individual and corporate income tax. After slashing tariff in advance of accession to World Trade Organization, Taiwan's tariff is also low.
 
 
 
 
 【 在 bridged 的大作中提到: 】
 : http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/images/attachement/jpg/site88/20110614/001372a1c8c00f60f1bc08.jpg
 :   上周,香港通过了市民减税方案,而派钱6000港元也公布了登记时间。港府“藏富于民”的惠民措施得到广大读者的好评,而据南都记者昨日调查,香港的G DP比广州、深圳高了不少,但港府征收的税比广州、深圳少了50%
 : (以下引言省略...)
 
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