In message 4868b1c1@qaanaaq, at 11:13:20 on Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Andy
Hall remarked:
30m economically active taxpayers[1] means it averages £3k per
taxpayer. That correlates reasonably well with the figures I posted
yesterday that USA pays about twice the UK, and they are running at
about $13k.
[1] Yes, the other 30m also pay VAT and a few other taxes, but
probably in relatively small amounts.

I wouldn't regard 17.5% of most of what is purchased as relatively
small

Children and the retired and unemployed aren't spending very much on
goods rated at 17.5%
--
Roland Perry