Tax return account statistics

4   Tax return account for residents 17 years and over. 1995-2000. The percentage changes from last year
Tax return account 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000
Gross income 6,6 7,3 8,9 7,0 8,3
Wages and salaries 6,7 7,5 9,0 6,5 5,3
Social security benefits 4,6 6,1 9,9 7,0 6,3
Private pensions and life insurance benefits 9,8 6,5 11,3 8,0 9,1
Net entrepreneurial income from agriculture, forestry and fishing 0,8 0,6 9,7 -6,7 1,5
Other net entrepreneurial income 6,5 10,4 3,3 2,0 10,0
Interest received -3,3 -22,3 42,2 34,0 9,5
Share dividends received, foreign received dividend included 5,8 14,2 37,8 7,8 53,0
Realised capital gains of shares 104,9 56,0 -46,4 60,4 85,4
Imputed income of owner-occupied dwellings 0,3 2,7 8,4 0,6 14,9
Other property income 6,8 15,5 5,1 5,6 13,0
Alimonies etc. 6,7 5,6 5,0 6,7 8,5
Other income -1,9 -5,2 3,0 4,8 18,7
           
Deductions, total 2,3 1,6 11,6 10,0 10,4
Minimum deductions 5,7 6,7 7,3 9,5 14,6
Travelling expenses 6,9 10,5 0,8 -13,6 -5,4
Contributions to private and public pension schemes (job-related) 5,4 5,7 8,3 9,0 5,8
Parent's deductions 6,6 5,3 -9,6 16,5 5,4
Entrepreneurial deficit, incl. previous year's deficit -8,2 -4,3 0,6 3,4 0,8
Maintenance, etc. 7,9 6,6 5,7 7,4 6,8
Individual pension fund payment -1,6 1,9 -0,4 -3,1 -5,0
Interest paid -2,3 -9,6 24,0 22,7 5,9
Part of deductible expenses in building society . . . 29,5 4,4
Other deductions1 -3,0 -0,0 14,9 -18,7 18,2
           
Ordinary income 7,9 9,0 8,1 6,2 7,7
-Special deduction for age etc. 1,0 -2,0 -10,2 15,4 2,3
Basis for calculation of municipal tax and contribution to the Tax Equalization Fund 8,2 9,3 8,6 6,0 7,8
1  Included part of deducible expences in building society in the year 1995-1997, and deductions from agriculture in 2000.
Source: Tax Return Statistics 2000.

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