New anaylsis shows the average family will pay £734,240 in direct and indirect taxes over the course of a lifetime, an increase of 2.3% on last year.
Research from the TaxPayers' Alliance shows an average household in the bottom 20% of earners will pay £282,545 in direct and indirect taxes, whereas a household in the top 20% of earners will pay £1,488,275 in direct and indirect taxes.
Over a lifetime, the average household pays £253,040 in income tax, £146,775 in VAT, £92,795 in employee's national insurance contributions and £59,955 in council tax.
Jonathan Isaby, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: ‘This new analysis shows just how heavy the burden of taxation falls on each and every family across Britain, pushing up the cost of living.
'Every arm of local and central government must redouble its efforts to root out unnecessary spending and inefficiency in everything they do, so that not a penny of this extraordinary bill is wasted.
'Britain's tax bill is too high - it must come down, and that means cutting out wasteful spending.’
