The tax amounts to about $700 a year for the judges, who earn $136,700.

The taxes that were saved amounted to at least $39 million.

For employees born after 1940 this tax amounted to 32.28% of the wages in 2006.

The additional taxes would have amounted to between $200 to $400 a year more per taxpayer.

All those taxes, amounting to $15,000, have now been paid, she said.

For the judges, who earn $136,700 a year, the tax amounts to about $700 annually.

The total taxes on some businesses imposed by Parliament often amounts to 89 percent.

In the case of sugar, the tax amounted to one half cent per pound.

The unpaid tax amounted to at least $2 million, said a senior law enforcement official.

At the state's maximum tax rate, without accounting for deductions, the taxes would have amounted to about $380,000.