When 80,700 average tax payers equals one dodgy bastard

In 2012-13, average earnings for a worker in paid employment in Australia were approximately $57,000 for the year.

On those earnings, the income tax plus the Medicare levy was approximately $10,925.

The tax refund to News Corporation reported in today’s AFR, as it won a legal battle “from a series of paper shuffles between subsidiaries”, as the AFR’s Neil Chenoweth put it, was $882 million.

This $882 million from “paper shuffles” is equal to the income tax paid, including the Medicare levy, for around 80,700 workers on average incomes.

Just sayin’.