Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the provisional data for the years since 2001 for the income tax returns processed to date, in view of the fact that the final data will be published in the Revenue Commissioners annual statistical report; if table IDS1, distribution of the number of incomes, the gross income charged and the tax by range of gross income and other provisional data will be published in October or November 2005 for the previous year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28488/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that historical data on the number of incomes and the amounts of gross income and tax by range of gross income will be published for the year 2002 in their next statistical report which is expected to be published next November. Due to the necessity to have a high proportion of tax returns represented in the published data, it is necessary to allow sufficient time to elapse to ensure that an acceptable level of maturity in the figures is attained. For this reason the next statistical report will not include corresponding material derived directly from income tax returns for any year more recent than 2002.