likewise the equalising effect of benefits could be determined by comparing gini values for netoftax incomes on one hand and netoftax incomes plus benefits disposable income on the other the reason is that benefits and taxes interact with each other in different ways across countries as a result the sequence used for the gini comparisons of the different taxbenefit elements matters and can make a significant difference for the results the sequence is obviously not an issue when calculating redistribution for the taxbenefit system as a whole