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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 December 2009

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

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Joan Burton

Question:

175 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 1 December 2009, the total tax paid; the median tax paid; the mean tax paid and the standard deviation of tax paid for each quartile in the bracket over €100,000 for each of the sector categories. [45857/09]

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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the most recently completed historical data available on incomes is in respect of the income tax year 2007. On this basis the information requested in relation to income earners earning over €100,000 by reference to income quartiles is set out in the tables. To assemble the figures by income quartile, the total number of income earners with earnings over €100,000 on the income tax record for 2007 was broken down into 4 equal groups in each sector and distributed over 4 income ranges in ascending order of income. The figures for amount of tax, median tax, mean tax and the standard deviation were then established for each quartile group as appropriate.

Private Sector Employees

Numbers

Amount of Tax

Mean Tax

Median Tax

Standard Deviation

Quartile 1

7,879

190,760,134

24,211

22,557

5,092

Quartile 2

7,878

225,561,166

28,632

27,497

5,423

Quartile 3

7,880

284,727,035

36,133

35,969

6,634

Quartile 4

7,879

565,662,921

69,407

57,064

62,449

31,516

1,266,711,256

39,596

32,647

36,251

Public Sector Employees

Numbers

Amount of Tax

Mean Tax

Median Tax

Standard Deviation

Quartile 1

3,819

86,087,424

22,542

21,286

4,303

Quartile 2

3,820

98,109,490

25,683

24,776

4,102

Quartile 3

3,820

118,368,197

30.986

30,219

4,748

Quartile 4

3,819

176,791,487

46,293

42,168

27,252

15,278

479,356,598

31,376

28,575

16,833

Non-PAYE

Numbers

Amount of Tax

Mean Tax

Median Tax

Standard Deviation

Quartile 1

17,700

369,272,126

20,863

21,705

7,604

Quartile 2

17,700

501,563,123

28,337

29,783

10,017

Quartile 3

17,701

764,733,090

43,203

44,827

16,364

Quartile 4

17,699

2,376,641,828

134,281

91,851

259,506

70,800

4,012,210,167

56,670

34,133

137,888

A married couple that has elected or has been deemed to have elected for joint assessment is counted as one tax unit.

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