Methodology
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418–434
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10.1787/tax_wages-2005-9-en
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l'abstract
The personal circumstances of taxpayers vary greatly. To identify representative taxpayers and to calculate the amount of their taxes, this Report uses a specific methodology. The focus is on employees. It is assumed that their annual income from employment is equal to a given fraction of the average gross wage earnings of adult, fulltime workers in a broad range of industry sectors of each OECD economy. Additional assumptions are made regarding other relevant personal circumstances of these wage earners to enable their tax/benefit position to be determined. Table V.1 sets out the terminology used in this Report, while Table V.2 provides information on the industry sectors covered.