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Using tax data to better capture top earners in household income inequality statistics

Analysis of issues with the under-reporting and under-coverage of the income of the UK’s richest individuals. Builds on methods developed by Department for Work and Pensions, using administrative data supplied by HM Revenue and Customs.

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Using tax data to better capture top incomes in Office for National Statistics’s inequality statistics

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Published 26 February 2019