1 Among those companies disclosing the presence of a Lead Director, 38.0% paid a premium for service in this position in 2005 versus 28.8% in 2004. 2  In 2005, median total compensation for a regular member of the Board was $150,000, for a Non-Executive Chairs was $219,765, and for Lead Directors was $162,424.mong the study's key findings: In manufacturing, median total compensation (which includes fees, retainers, committee pay, and all forms of stock compensation) for outside directors is now $109,000, up from $91,250 in 2005.
A flat income tax rate of 30 percent (unless a lower rate is available under a DTT) applies to Russian source income with some exceptions which, inter alia, include: 15 percent tax rate applies to dividend income from Russian companies;
The worldwide average top corporate income tax rate (accounting for 173 countries and tax jurisdictions) is 22.9 percent, 29.8 percent weighted by GDP. By region, Europe has the lowest average corporate tax rate at 18.7 percent (26.1 percent weighted by GDP). Africa has the highest simple average at 28.77 percent. Larger, more industrialized countries tend to have higher corporate income tax rates than developing countries.