Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 May 2015
143. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on figures for the income earned, and tax paid, including universal social charge, by those on incomes of €70,000 and above (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19731/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that a wide range of statistical information is now available on the Commissioners' enhanced statistics webpage at www.revenue.ie/en/about/statistics/index.html. In particular, in response to the Deputy's Question, at www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/pssn/rv01/homepagefiles/rv01_statbank.asp detailed information is presented on the breakdowns of gross Income Tax and Universal Social Charge (USC) paid by income range. This information can be found under the heading "Income Tax and Corporation Tax Distribution Statistics", where Table RVA04 shows Income Tax and USC payments by income range.
This facility provides breakdowns on the annual distribution of Income Tax from 2004 to 2012 and USC from 2011 to 2012 using the Central Statistics Office data toolset. Whereas previously information of this nature was provided by way of static tables in documents, these data are now published in a format which may be dynamically accessed by a range of user defined queries. Data for later years will be updated in due course. Should the Deputy require, the Commissioners are available to assist and may be contacted by email at statistics@revenue.ie.
