asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons whose annual income, at the latest available date is in the following categories: £2,500 to £5,000, £5,000 to £7,500, £7,500 to £10,000, and over £10,000.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Income Statistics.
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The information requested by the Deputy is not available. The sur-tax statistics set out below may, however, be of interest to him. They show as at the 31st August, 1965, the number of persons in various ranges of total income who were assessed to sur-tax for 1964-65. The income taxable in that year would to a great extent have arisen in 1963-64.
CLASSIFICATION of Sur-tax payers by ranges of total income assessed for 1964-65 (adjusted as at 31st August, 1965).
|
Range of total income |
Number of persons |
|
£2,501—£5,000 |
3,037 |
|
£5,001—£7,500 |
1,162 |
|
£7,501—£10,000 |
367 |
|
Over £10,000 |
331 |
|
Total |
4,897 |
It is expected that a few hundred additional persons will ultimately be liable to sur-tax for 1964-65.
It will be appreciated that the above statistics are based on total income as defined for sur-tax purposes and so do not, for example, include persons whose total income exceeds £2,500 but who, because of personal allowances, are not liable to sur-tax. Thus a married man with two dependent children would not have been liable to sur-tax unless his total income exceeded £3,134.