Written answers
Wednesday, 10 October 2007
Department of Finance
Tax Code
9:00 pm
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number and percentage of taxpayers paying income tax at the higher rate. [23114/07]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy in a format which presents the data in terms of the numbers who are actually paying tax at the higher rate is set out in the following table.
| Tax year | Exempt (Standard rate liability fully covered by credits or Age Exemption Limits) | Paying tax at the standard rate (including those whose liability at the higher rate is fully offset by credits) | Higher rate liability NOT fully offset by credits | All cases | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| 2007 | 868,000 | 38.0 | 939,400 | 41.1 | 478,000 | 20.9 | 2,285,400 |
The figures are estimates from the Revenue tax forecasting model using actual data for the year 2004 adjusted as necessary for income and employment growth for the year in question and are rounded to the nearest hundred. It is therefore provisional and likely to be revised. 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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