Bottom of

income range
Decile 1
0
Decile 2
23,681
Decile 3
34454
Decile 4
44551
Decile 5
58453
Decile 6
73977
Decile 7
91514
Decile 8
111541
Decile 9
140718
Decile 10
185479
Total

Bottom of
income range
Decile 1
0
Decile 2
18,886
Decile 3
26769
Decile 4
34613
Decile 5
45104
Decile 6
57069
Decile 7
70173
Decile 8
86167
Decile 9
109860
Decile 10
145161
Total

Net Income Tax

$m
%
-2435
-24.6%
-3267
-33.0%
-3237
-32.7%
-1507
-15.2%
-447
-4.5%
905
9.1%
1933
19.5%
3005
30.4%
4345
43.9%
10597
107.1%
9892
100.0%

Tax Year 2016/17

Income tax ($m)
Benefits
$m
%
$m
%
313
1.0%
1369
21%
566
1.8%
1364
21%
809
2.6%
838
13%
1200
3.8%
879
14%
1727
5.5%
504
8%
2394
7.7%
381
6%
3062
9.8%
273
4%
4067
13.0%
257
4%
5454
17.5%
371
6%
11617
37.2%
224
3%
31209
100.0%
6460
100%

Working for Families

$m
%
406
15%
444
17%
374
14%
482
18%
413
16%
221
8%
106
4%
61
2%
86
3%
40
2%
2633
100%

$m
973
2025
2833
1347
1257
887
750
744
653
756
12225

Net Income Tax

$m
%
-1875
-16.2%
-2419
-21.0%
-2112
-18.3%
-916
-7.9%
35
0.3%
966
8.4%
1803
15.6%
2844
24.6%
4246
36.8%
8972
77.7%
11544
100.0%

Tax Year 2007/08

Income tax ($m)
Benefits
$m
%
$m
%
372
1.4%
891
17%
544
2.0%
1293
24%
778
2.9%
901
17%
1074
4.0%
644
12%
1529
5.8%
576
11%
2033
7.7%
215
4%
2642
10.0%
243
5%
3378
12.7%
225
4%
4769
18.0%
172
3%
9431
35.5%
150
3%
26550
100.0%
5310
100%

Working for Families

$m
%
359
12%
474
16%
393
14%
466
16%
443
15%
354
12%
209
7%
102
4%
55
2%
35
1%
2890
100%

$m
996
1196
1595
880
474
499
388
207
296
273
6804

Super
%
8%
17%
23%
11%
10%
7%
6%
6%
5%
6%
100%

Super
%
15%
18%
23%
13%
7%
7%
6%
3%
4%
4%
100%

Note: Access to the Household Economic Survey data was provided by Statistics New Zealand under conditions designed to give effect to the security and confidentiality provisions of the Statistics
Act 1975. The results presented here are the work of Treasury, not Statistics New Zealand.