This dynamic explains why U.S. tax returns year after year show that
top earners report a lower percentage of charitable giving than those at the bottom.
When it comes to income satisfaction, 46 % of
the top earners reported being very satisfied with their income while 26 % of the overall respondents said they were very satisfied with their salaries.
Not exact matches
America's
top earners tend to be highly paid executives or entrepreneurs, the «working rich,» instead of elites who enjoy lives of leisure on inherited wealth, Saez wrote in a
report that accompanied the new analysis.
Higher taxes on
top earners or increased corporate tax rates for firms with very high CEO - to - worker compensation ratios could rein in executive pay without adversely affecting workers or the economy, the
report suggests.
The
report shows that under her direction, Disney CEO Bob Iger received pay raises that were 96 % greater than other Fortune 100 CEOs, putting Iger in the
top 3 % of Fortune 100 CEO
earners in 2012.
Ozil and Alexis were already the
top earners in the Gunners squad and the
report claims that they have been offered a significant increase up to around # 180,000, but it seems that is not enough.
Wenger denied
reports that the club have made a new, improved offer to
top earner Ozil, 29, whose current contract expires at the end of the season, and admitted that there have still been no talks with 25 - year - old Wilshere.
I honestly believe that if we get to Jan and we are leading the pack then Alexis will sign and we will get him to sign for less than the
reported # 400k a week, he wouldn't get that at City and when you look at City
top earners, we are offering more than City.
It is well
reported that Wenger and Arsenal are resistant to having some players on a lot more than the others and I think that the
top earners at the minute, such as Alexis and Ozil, are on something like # 140 - 150,000 a week, while some of the big players at City, Chelsea and United are on about double that.
Following speculation that Alexis Sánchez could be on the verge of a move away from North London, with Pep Guardiola's Manchester City favourites to land the forward, the # 200,000 per week that Sánchez is holding out for would see the 27 - year - old
top the club's highest
earner, currently Mesut Özil who is
reported to be on # 140,000 per week.
Tottenham have managed to keep their wage bill relatively low with the likes of Harry Kane earning # 50,000 per week, although
reports indicate he will soon double his earnings — Hugo Lloris is thought to be the clubs
top earner at this stage, earning around # 80,000 per week.
Tottenham would surely not want to lose a player as valuable as Alli though and if
reports from the Daily Express are to be believed, Spurs are looking to convince the 21 - year - old to stay put at North London by offering him a lucrative brand new # 80,000 - per - week contract which will put him on par with the club's
top earners such as Harry Kane and Hugo Lloris.
The Washington Post
reports that the
top 0.1 percent of
earners would save nearly $ 200,000 a year if taxes on salaries and investments are repealed as the new bill stipulates.
Also, Lord Browne's
report «Sustaining a Future for Higher Education», which recommended graduates should only begin to repay tuition fees when or if they earned # 21,000 or above, estimated that only the
top 40 % of
earners on average would pay back all the charges paid on their behalf and that 20 % of the lowest
earners would pay less than today.
Democrats who dominate the State Assembly have proposed renewing a surcharge on
top income
earners that was first passed in 2009, and adding higher tax brackets for New Yorkers
reporting between $ 5 and $ 10 million in income.
The CBO also
reports that «the
top 20 percent of income
earners (those earning over $ 74,000) paid 94 percent of federal individual income taxes, 85 percent more than the share of national income they earned.
This amount, however, is significantly skewed by the
top earners, with less than 10 % of self - publishing authors earning about 75 % of the
reported revenue and half of writers earning less than $ 500.
Top earners surveyed at that time
reported an average of eight titles for sale (N = 800 titles); all others
reported an average of four (N = 4,000 titles).
The company just released their full financial
report for the past year and the Games and Network Services section, which includes PlayStation, was the
top raw revenues
earner.
Reporting upon a trumped - up «conference» to aid a few of the worlds
top 1 %
earners in their defense of CO2 emissions is frankly irresponsible.
A
report in the Washington Examiner, entitled «Working for Big Green can be a very enriching experience» by Mark Tapscott, showed that the leaders of 15
top Big Green environmental groups are paid more than $ 300,000 in annual compensation, with a half million dollar plus figure for the
top «
earner».
The individuals taking legal advice from Mishcons include presenters named among the corporation's
top earners in its annual
report published this July.
The firm's Law in the Regions
report, is based on interviews with members of
top UK law firms, and analysis of factors such as number of fee
earners, total office floor - space per city occupied by
top 100 firms and rent per fee
earner.
According to research by Deloitte, results from the six years to the end of March 2014 show fees per fee
earner growth of 18 % among the
top 10 firms, whereas firms ranked 26 - 50
reported growth of only 1 %.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
reports that the median earning for general assistants is $ 37,230 per year;
top earners make upwards of $ 62,230 per year, while the lowest
earners make $ 22,930 per year.
They also
report the
top 10 percent of
earners brought in nearly $ 42,500 per year.
As in, I don't believe the career portfolio that sales people typically build, full of internal weekly sales matrices and monthly commission
reports, or that company certificate of 1st Quarter
Top Earner, or the email from the sales manager about the rockstar sales month in 2009?