"Figure 2: The richest one-fifth of people live in households that pay more in tax than they receive in benefits, while the poorest 20% receive more in benefits than they pay in taxes","" "Summary of the effects of taxes and benefits by quintile groups^1^, UK, financial year ending 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Individuals are ranked by their equivalised household disposable incomes, using the modified Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) scale." "Unit","Thousands" "","" "Average income per household £ per year","Cash benefits","Benefits in kind","Direct taxes","Indirect taxes","Net position" "Bottom","7390","9303","-1969","-3677","11047" "","undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined" "2nd","8235","9365","-3452","-4420","9728" "","undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined" "3rd","5522","8142","-5991","-5386","2287" "","undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined" "4th","3731","7130","-9465","-6801","-5405" "","undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined" "Top","2377","6047","-21171","-9935","-22682" "","undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined" "All households","5451","7998","-8410","-6044","-1005"