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The share of environmental taxes is below the EU average, their effective burden corresponds to an intermediate position. Revenues from tobacco and alcohol taxes, major \"sin taxes\" aiming at influencing private behaviour, are losing importance in the longer run. Taxation of wealth claims a rather small and \u2013 against the international trend \u2013 significantly declining share of total tax revenues. Nominal tax rates on income are high, those on returns from capital are about average, as is the nominal and effective corporate tax burden. Moreover, complexity and lack of transparency of the tax system are on the rise. 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