Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 October 2021
170. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 35, 36 and 37 of 22 September 2021, the total amount in nominal terms of tax relief on pension contributions made by employees with gross pay above €300,000, €250,000, €200,000, €150,000 and €100,000, respectively in 2019. [47689/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am advised by Revenue that it is not yet possible to accurately report the cost of tax relief associated with pension contributions reported on employer returns.
Some of these taxpayers will be jointly assessed, as such their incomes and reliefs are combined with their partner’s in calculating their tax liability. For such jointly assessed taxpayer units, either of the spouses or partners may have non-PAYE incomes.
The totality of income and reliefs on a taxpayer unit basis will be available once the full data, i.e. for both employees and self-assessment persons, for 2019 are available. These data are being processed and are expected to be available in the coming months.
