asked the Minister for Finance the total number of people who were exempted from paying income tax because their incomes were below the set threshold in 1974, 1977, 1980 and 1983.
Written Answers. - Income Tax Exemptions.
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Statistics are available only on an income tax year basis in respect of persons who are on record for income tax purposes. Following is the information available on the number of persons who, due to the operation of various allowances and reliefs or exemption limits, were not liable to tax:
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(1) |
(2) |
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Year |
Estimated number of persons not liable to tax. |
|
1974-75 |
180,000 |
|
1977-78 |
230,000 |
|
1980-81 |
285,000 |
|
1983-84 |
250,000 (Provisional) |
Note: Farmers whose rateable valuation was below £40 were brought into the tax net for the first time in 1983-84. It has not yet been determined how many of these will prove to be not liable to income tax and consequently they have not been included in the 1983-84 figure.