Michael Finucane
Question:96 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Finance the total number of widows who paid income tax in the year 1990/91.
Written Answers. - Income Tax Statistics.
Michael Finucane
Question:97 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Finance the total number of widowers who paid income tax in the year 1990/91.
Michael Finucane
Question:99 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Finance the total value of mortgage interest relief allowed to widows and widowers in 1990-91.
It is proposed to take Questions Nos. 96, 97 and 99 together.
It is estimated that some 39,000 widows and 13,500 widowers were effectively liable to income tax in respect of the income tax year 1990-91. The estimated cost in terms of tax forgone of mortgage interest relief allowed to them was £1.9 million.