Pearse Doherty
Question:297. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected number of persons subject to USC in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39435/22]
View answerThursday, 14 July 2022
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the Revenue post-Budget 2022 Ready Reckoner, which is the most recent available and may be located on Revenue's Statistics webpage at:
www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/ready-reckoner/index.aspx.
Based on the above Ready Reckoner, it is estimated that approximately 2.07 million taxpayer units will be subject to the Universal Social Charge (USC) in 2022. A full USC distribution is provided in the table below.
|
USC (2022) |
Earners (2022)* |
|
Exempt |
797,600 |
|
2 per cent rate |
586,600 |
|
4.5 per cent rate |
1,181,300 |
|
8 per cent rate |
301,200 |
|
Total |
2,866,700 |
*shows the breakdown by the highest rate of USC paid by taxpayer units