Personal Income Statistics by top income share, Public Master File

Introduction The Personal Income Statistics present data on the distribution of income, deductions and tax credits by line item in the income tax return for the years 1992-2017. To ensure comparability over time, a consistent set of percentiles (vingtiles) are imputed for each year using a linear interpolation technique. This dataset This dataset shows the top income share in inflation adjusted dollars (2019 dollars), inflation adjusted dollars per taxfiler, and as a share of the total. This dataset is the Finances of the Nation public master file, and is designed for use by advanced users. The data are formatted in a "long" by year, percentile, and province format, ideal for use by statistical software. Data sources The data sources are: T1 Final Statistics of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Methods CRA's nominal income ranges are converted to percentiles by linear interpolation on the cumulative distribution function of each line item. Certain line items have been aggregated to render them comparable over time. Future releases This dataset will be updated as new years of T1 Final Statistics are published. A user guide is forthcoming. More information Please refer to www.financesofthenation.ca