Income Data

Thursday, 4 December 2014

Questions (77)

Róisín Shortall

Question:

77. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the Revenue Commissioners data on the number of persons in each of the following income brackets, below €9,000, above €9,000 but below €12,000, above €12,000 but below €15,000, above €15,000 but below €20,000, above €20,000 but below €25,000, above €25,000 but below €30,000, above €30,000 but below €40,000, above €40,000 but below €50,000, above €50,000 but below €60,000, above €60,000 but below €70,000, above €70,000 but below €80,000, above €80,000 but below €100,000, above €100,000 but below €120,000, above €120,000 but below €150,000, above €150,000 but below €200,000 and above €200,000. [46711/14]

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Minister for Finance

I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the information requested, estimated by reference to the income tax year 2015, is set out in the following table.

All income earners for Income Tax Year 2015 (provisional)

Range of Gross Income - €	Number of Income Earners
0 to 9,000	368,585
9,001 to 12,000	107,297
12,001 to 15,000	116,836
15,001 to 20,000	213,112
20,001 to 25,000	216,626
25,001 to 30,000	201,085
30,001 to 40,000	324,506
40,001 to 50,000	229,709
50,001 to 60,000	157,805
60,001 to 70,000	107,045
70,001 to 80,000	77,378
80,001 to 100,000	91,301
100,001 to 120,000	47,956
120,001 to 150,000	34,809
150,001 to 200,000	22,512
Over 200,001	24,642
Total	2,341,203

The figures are estimates from the Revenue tax-forecasting model using actual data for the year 2012 adjusted as necessary for income, self-employment and employment trends in the interim. These are, therefore, provisional and may be revised. It should also be noted that a married couple or civil partnership that has elected or has been deemed to have elected for joint assessment is counted as one tax unit.

The Deputy may be interested to know that Revenue's statistics webpage http://www.revenue.ie/en/about/statistics/index.html contains, inter alia, detailed information on the distribution of income earners for previous years and this page will be updated in due course as more recent statistics become available.