Written answers
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Department of Finance
Tax Collection
10:00 pm
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax payers, with gross income in ranges (details supplied) in respect of the tax years 2007 and 2008 projected, as projected by the Revenue Commissioners using relevant models; the income of each group; the tax paid by each group and its proportion of the total income tax take. [38190/08]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy, as provided by the Revenue Commissioners, is set out in the following tables. The numbers of earners in the various ranges of income are based on the adjusted data for 2005 projected forward in accordance with macroeconomic data relating to actual and expected growth in wages and employment.
| Provisional distribution of income earners for Income Tax Year 2007 | ||||
| Range of Gross Income | Gross Income | Number | Tax | % of all Tax |
| € | € | € | % | |
| 0 – 10,000 | 1,942,244,641 | 412,436 | 187,281 | 0.0 |
| 10,001 – 20,000 | 5,970,610,773 | 395,009 | 31,284,510 | 0.2 |
| 20,001 – 30,000 | 10,015,431,574 | 402,252 | 380,101,373 | 2.6 |
| 30,001 – 40,000 | 11,387,773,345 | 327,666 | 835,832,353 | 5.7 |
| 40,001 – 50,000 | 10,446,260,229 | 233,861 | 1,192,886,924 | 8.1 |
| 50,001 – 60,000 | 8,822,065,979 | 161,270 | 1,276,664,116 | 8.7 |
| 60,001 – 70,000 | 7,500,085,091 | 115,875 | 1,207,850,092 | 8.2 |
| 70,001 – 80,000 | 6,005,794,717 | 80,398 | 1,071,029,027 | 7.3 |
| 80,001 – 90,000 | 4,768,669,901 | 56,300 | 928,968,615 | 6.3 |
| 90,001 – 100,000 | 3,727,229,983 | 39,357 | 779,682,951 | 5.3 |
| 100,001 – 125,000 | 6,381,572,831 | 57,548 | 1,465,315,508 | 10.0 |
| 125,001 – 150,000 | 3,705,459,565 | 27,266 | 940,614,131 | 6.4 |
| 150,001 – 200,000 | 3,738,945,103 | 21,909 | 1,027,238,940 | 7.0 |
| 200,001 – 275,000 | 2,725,529,300 | 11,772 | 788,766,826 | 5.4 |
| 275,001 – 500,000 | 3,420,911,396 | 9,607 | 1,016,511,621 | 6.9 |
| 500,001 – 1,000,000 | 2,310,360,029 | 3,443 | 718,204,222 | 4.9 |
| Over 1,000,000 | 2,988,215,458 | 1,230 | 1,012,661,008 | 6.9 |
| Overall Totals | 95,857,159,915 | 2,357,199 | 14,673,799,498 | 100.0 |
| Provisional distribution of income earners for Income Tax Year 2008 | ||||
| Range of Gross Income | Gross Income | Number | Tax | of all Tax |
| € | € | € | % | |
| 0 – 10,000 | 1,821,117,560 | 390,075 | 95,453 | 0.0 |
| 10,001 – 20,000 | 5,647,605,342 | 374,540 | 23,180,911 | 0.1 |
| 20,001 – 30,000 | 9,732,796,943 | 390,365 | 327,938,866 | 2.1 |
| 30,001 – 40,000 | 11,394,848,884 | 327,559 | 767,960,473 | 4.9 |
| 40,001 – 50,000 | 10,879,703,845 | 243,457 | 1,154,254,505 | 7.4 |
| 50,001 – 60,000 | 9,331,342,849 | 170,535 | 1,293,292,911 | 8.3 |
| 60,001 – 70,000 | 8,010,727,431 | 123,694 | 1,252,167,103 | 8.0 |
| 70,001 – 80,000 | 6,562,914,342 | 87,855 | 1,124,094,329 | 7.2 |
| 80,001 – 90,000 | 5,278,734,950 | 62,328 | 995,950,643 | 6.4 |
| 90,001 – 100,000 | 4,209,654,353 | 44,444 | 850,896,316 | 5.5 |
| 100,001 – 125,000 | 7,209,063,374 | 64,982 | 1,607,950,484 | 10.3 |
| 125,001 – 150,000 | 4,286,008,435 | 31,502 | 1,060,379,649 | 6.8 |
| 150,001 – 200,000 | 4,286,037,028 | 25,109 | 1,156,236,989 | 7.4 |
| 200,001 – 275,000 | 3,061,534,079 | 13,229 | 871,752,729 | 5.6 |
| 275,001 – 500,000 | 3,823,035,259 | 10,733 | 1,119,588,869 | 7.2 |
| 500,001 – 1,000,000 | 2,643,212,633 | 3,946 | 810,486,061 | 5.2 |
| Over 1,000,000 | 3,459,611,575 | 1,447 | 1,158,291,133 | 7.4 |
| Overall Totals | 101,637,948,882 | 2,365,800 | 15,574,517,424 | 100.0 |
| Notes | ||||
| It should be noted that the income ranges shown in the above tables relate to Gross Income as defined in Revenue Statistical Report, 2006. | ||||
| A married couple who has elected or has deemed to have elected for joint assessment is counted as one tax unit. | ||||
| The figures are projected estimates and may be subject to further revision. |
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