Table 4 Percentage share of non-personal taxpayers in tax position by taxpayer group. 1998

4	Percentage share of non-personal taxpayers in tax position by taxpayer group. 1998 - 2000

Taxpayer group	1998		1999		2000

Taxpayer group	Number of non-personal taxpayers	Percentage share in tax position ¹	Number of non-personal taxpayers	Percentage share in tax position ¹	Number of non-personal taxpayers	Percentage share in tax position ¹

Total	144 672	49	149 896	49	156 316	49

Joint-stock companies	137 126	48	142 316	48	148 827	48
Shipping companies assessed according to sections 8-10 to 8-19 of the Taxation Act	633	75	576	74	526	79
Oil extraction companies	47	43	45	51	46	59
Mutual funds and foreign board members	598	56	645	56	735	53
Assurance companies and general insurance companies	30	70	24	79	20	70
Savings banks	134	99	131	99	132	100
Cooperative societies for buying and selling, dairying, house building cooperatives	1 743	82	1 723	81	1 685	81
Power companies	1 591	86	1 636	86	1 589	90
Institutions, associations and pension funds	1 762	63	1 765	65	1 726	66
Foreign joint-stock companies and insurance companies	1 008	58	1 035	52	1 030	47

¹	Non-personal taxpayers with assessed tax based on income and/or property before possible tax deductions.