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[noel]

So work it out and 50% is about the typical tax take from an average earner.

Fair enough. I wasn't sure if you were including other taxes in your estimation.

So if 3.6 million are accounting for 55.8% of revenue, that means that 27 million are only accounting for 44.2%.

To go back to one of the many debates we have had on this thread. This is a reason why having huge-salaried bankers in this country is useful for the economy. They pay huge amounts of tax on their bonuses, meaning that the rest of can get away with paying less.