Written answers
Wednesday, 17 May 2006
Department of Finance
Tax Code
9:00 pm
Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of workers paying income tax in 2005 and in each of the previous 10 years. [18710/06]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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It is assumed that what the Deputy requires are the numbers of income earners, both PAYE and self-employed, on the income tax record for the years in question who have a tax liability.
I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the relevant information is as follows:
| Numbers of income earners 1995/96 to 2005 | ||
| (rounded to the nearest hundred) | ||
| Tax Year | Income earners with a tax liability | All income earners |
| 1995/96 | 1,005,400 | 1,331,600 |
| 1996/97 | 1,043,800 | 1,390,000 |
| 1997/98 | 1,112,600 | 1,493,000 |
| 1998/99 | 1,187,000 | 1,584,900 |
| 1999/2000 | 1,208,500 | 1,667,200 |
| 2000/2001 | 1,262,600 | 1,765,000 |
| 2001* | 1,262,000 | 1,790,000 |
| 2002 | 1,252,300 | 1,885,000 |
| 2003** | 1,267,400 | 1,926,900 |
| 2004** | 1,301,600 | 1,986,800 |
| 2005** | 1,307,500 | 2,028,900 |
| *Short tax "year" from 6th April 2001 to 31st December 2001. | ||
| **Provisional and likely to be revised. |
The figures for the years 1995/1996 to 2002 inclusive are based on incomes data derived from income tax returns held on Revenue records and have been grossed-up to an overall expected level to adjust for incompleteness in the numbers of returns on record at the time the data were extracted for analytical purposes.
For the years 2003 to 2005, the figures are estimates from the Revenue tax forecasting model using actual data for the year 2002 adjusted as necessary for growth in incomes and employment for the years in question.
It should be noted that a married couple who has elected or has been deemed to have elected for joint assessment is counted as one tax unit.
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