Appendix A
Higher household incomes

Improvement in the real disposable incomes and net tax thresholds for different household types since 1996-97

1. AWOTE is average weekly ordinary time earnings for full-time employees.
2. The net tax threshold is the private income at which income tax paid first exceeds cash benefits received.
3. Families with children have two, one aged 3 and the other 8 years.

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