This figure is almost identical to the number of regular beneficiaries with no declared earnings.

Even so, his declared earnings are a striking illustration of how much more the big-name politicians can earn outside politics.

Individuals who through no fault of their own made mistakes in their declared earnings will not be penalized.

As a result, the claimant sometimes had to repay benefits for weeks in which he or she had correctly declared earnings.

Declared earnings, capital gains, dividends, royalties, management fees, and other returns on investments can be repatriated at any time.

MPs declared earnings of more than £7m from outside jobs and directorships over the last session of parliament.

Philosophical debates aside, this is what happened to each of the slices of the pie once they declared earnings:

The weekly allocation rules that apply to declared earnings will also apply to undeclared earnings.

Meanwhile Kathleen’s housing benefit (HB) payments were stopped because of her self-employed partner’s declared earnings.

No benefit would be paid in weeks 2 to 4 due to the high level of declared earnings even though the claimant did not report all earnings.

Still, some regular beneficiaries without declared earnings would not be counted as unemployed by the LFS, notably those not actively seeking a job.

The next richest member of the technical administration was Corrado Passera, the minister for economic development, who declared earnings of more than 3.5 million euros in 2011.

Regular beneficiaries who have declared earnings from employment are also excluded. The LFS would classify these beneficiaries as employed.

The other existing legislative provisions for declared earnings for EI benefit purposes provides a fairer and ready-made alternative to the current undeclared earnings rules.

Unemployment Insurance data Labour market studies based on Unemployment Insurance data generally focus on one of two series: claimants or regular beneficiaries without declared earnings.

New rules were adopted in 1998 to increase compliance by basing taxes on declared earnings instead of the former assessment of standard of living, but the results are widely ridiculed.

Contribution for sickness cash benefit, funeral expenses and death benefits for self-employed persons and farmers (if insured for pension and disability): 1.15% of declared earnings.

At the cheaper end of the scale, the Robert Goodwill, the Conservative MP and a farmer, declared earnings of £100 for "tractor driving" on the family farm in Terrington, York.

Bulgaria Contributions are calculated over gross monthly earnings, or in specific cases – on declared earnings not less than 2, up to a ceiling of 10 times the standard monthly minimum wage for the country.

It noted that in 2002, Rossi's Italian tax form declared earnings of 500 euros, while sponsorship contracts were all reported to be made out to foreign companies, but with his affairs controlled mainly from Italy.

In the Netherlands, years of squatter-friendly laws have nourished a unique parallel society befitting a country where shops sell marijuana with cups of joe and prostitutes are invited to pay social security fees on declared earnings.

More than seven million taxpayers who declared earnings of less than 100,000 Australian dollars last year are due to start getting payments of up to 900 dollars each in the mail or in their bank accounts this week.

Figure 1 Regular beneficiaries with no declared earnings in Unemployment Insurance program The number of regular beneficiaries without declared earnings has been published by Statistics Canada since 1975.

More than seven million taxpayers who declared earnings of less than 100,000 Australian dollars last year will get up to 900 dollars each -- and they are being told by the government it is their patriotic duty to spend it.

The investigation further revealed that from February 1990 to June 1990, the claimant had been employed as a domestic and child-care worker for Mr. Dixon, but had not declared earnings for this period of time.