The Franchise Tax Board shall publish on or before December 31, 1978, and each December 31 thereafter, information on the amount of tax paid by individual taxpayers with high total incomes. Total income for this purpose is to be calculated and set forth by adding to adjusted gross income any items of tax preference excluded from, or deducted in arriving at, adjusted gross income, and by subtracting any investment expenses incurred in the production of that income to the extent of the investment income.

These data are to include the number of those individuals with total income over two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) who owe no state income tax (after credits) and the deductions, exclusions, or credits used by them to avoid tax.