Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2016
168. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons assessed for tax on foreign social security pensions for each of the tax years 2010 to 2015; and the number of persons assessed for tax on foreign occupational pensions for each of the tax years 2010 to 2015. [39778/16]
View answerI am advised by Revenue that on the basis of income tax returns filed, the following table sets out those income earners that have been assessed to tax on Foreign State Pensions or Foreign Other Pension. There are other individuals that report foreign pensions but these are not assessable for Irish tax.
Due to the manner in which such returns are received by Revenue it is not possible to separately identify occupational pensions within the other foreign pensions category. The information is provided for the years 2010 to 2014, the latest year for which data are available.
|
Year |
Foreign State Pension |
Foreign Other Pension* |
|
2014 |
12,177 |
6,440 |
|
2013 |
10,896 |
6,043 |
|
2012 |
9,777 |
5,761 |
|
2011 |
8,402 |
5,237 |
|
2010 |
6,191 |
4,233 |
*Includes foreign occupational pensions
