Written answers
Thursday, 13 December 2007
Department of Finance
Tax Collection
5:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of income-earners in the State; the number of whom pay income tax; the number who do so at the standard and higher rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34697/07]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the information requested by the Deputy is as follows in respect of the income tax year 2007.
| Tax year | Exempt (Standard rate liability fully covered by credits or Age Exemption Limits) | Marginal Band | 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 | % | Number | % | ||
| 2007 | 868,000 | 38.0 | 17,700 | 0.8 | 921,700 | 40.3 | 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. 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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