Average tax rate (tax statistics)

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the term of the same name from the tax calculation see average tax rate (income tax) .

The average rate , or average rate in the control statistic describes an average rate corresponding to the proportion of the sum of the control amounts to the sum of the income. All or a group of taxpayers can be considered.

Germany

example

The German income tax statistics for 2004 show the taxable income and the fixed income tax of all taxpayers as an average ( arithmetic mean ) and as a median .

	Total amount in € 1,000	Average in €	Median in €
Taxable profit	801.663.676	30,170	23.051
Fixed income tax	167.230.234	6,294	2,812
Medium tax rate	20.9%	20.9%	12.2%

based on all 26,571,491 taxpayers.

See also

• Average

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Federal Statistical Office, Special Series 14 Series 7.1.1, Annual Income Tax Statistics