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Annual in come

Present tax payable (Exemption level: $87,273)

Effective

Tax

Appendix F(3) (cont'd)

(vi) EXAMPLES OF THE EFFECT THE PROPOSED INCREASES IN PERSONAL AND CHILD ALLOWANCES, THE INTRODUCTION OF A WORKING WIFE ALLOWANCE OF

$15,000, REDUCTION IN THE STANDARD RATE AND REVISION OF THE MARGINAL TAX RATES WILL HAVE ON SALARIES TAX AT VARIOUS INCOME LEVELS

Married person, with two children

Proposed tax payable (without work- ing wife) (Exemption level: $92,636)

Effective

Proposed tax payable (with working wife) (Exemption level: $106,273*)

Effective

Tax

Amount

rate

Amount

rate

saving

Amount rate

(A) ..:

(B)

(A) - (B)

(c)

saving (A) (c)

Remarks

14 ($)!

($);

(%)

($)

(%)

($)

(%)

($)

(%)

192,000

260

0.3

260

100.0

1:94,000

370

0.4

45

0.1

325

87.8

96,000

480

0.5

111

0.1

369

76.9

($)

(%) 260 100.0 370 100.0 480 100.0

This group receives full bene-- fit from the increase in

personal allowance and the working wife allowance.

'70

108,000

1,920

1.8

714

0.7

1,206

62.8

57

0.1

1,863

97.0

120,000

3,900

3.3

1,812

1.5

2,088 53.5

606

0.5

3,294

84.5.

132,000

6,340

4.8

3,495

2.6

2,845 44.9 1,647

1.2

4,693

74.0

A

144,000

9,100

6.3^! 5,670 3.9

3,430 37.7

3,225

2.2

5,875

64.6

156,000

12,400

7.9

8,337

5.3

4,063 32.8

5,346

3.4

7,054

56.9

168,000

15,700

9.3

11,625

6.9

4,075 26.0

7,959

4.7

7,741

49.3

180,000

18,750

10.4

14,925

8.3

3,825 20.4

11,175

6.2

7,575

40.4

This group receives partial benefit from the increase in personal allowance but the full benefit of the revision to the marginal tax rates and

192,000

21,750

11.3

18,225

9.5

3,525 16.2

14,475

7.5

7,275

33.4

the working wife allowance.

204,000

24,750

12.10). 21,525

10.6

3,225 13.0

17,775

8.7

6,975

28.2

213,000

27,000

12.7

24,000

11.3

3,000 11.1

20,250

9.5

6,750

25.0

:

214,000

27,250

12.7

24,275 *11.3

2,975 10.9

20,525

9.6

6,725

24.7

228,000

30,750

13.5

27,775 12.2

2,975 9.7

24,025

10.5

6,725

21.9

*240,000

33,750

14.1

30,775 12.8

252,000

36,750

288,000

45,750

' 14.6 *33,775 15.9 42,775

Ampfo

13.4 14.9

2,975 8.8 2,975 8.1 30,025 2,975 6.5

27,025 11.3

6,725

19.9

11.9.

6,725

18.3

39,025

13.6

6,725

14.7

This group receives no benefit from the increase in personal allowance but the full benefit of the revision to the marginal tax rates and the working wife allowance.

(307,631) (308,823) (347,105)

50,657 · 50,955

16.5

47,682 15.5

57,272

16.5

16.5

47,867 15.5 3,088 1 6.1 53,80115.5"** 3,471 6.1

2,975 5.9

43,932

14.3

6,725

13.3

44,230

14.3

6,725

13.2

Standard rate taxpayers.

53,801

15.5

3,471

6.1

The examples shown above are calculated on the basis that the wife's income is in excess of the Working Wife Allowance of $15,000 (3)(crur, $)

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