Written answers
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Department of Finance
Tax Yield
10:00 am
Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE workers who earn in excess of €100,000 (details supplied) delineated in €10,000 income brackets; the number of public sector workers in each of these brackets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39450/09]
Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE workers in income brackets (details supplied); the number of public sector workers in each of these income brackets based on tax returns for 2008; if such data is not available, when it will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39451/09]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 160 and 161 together.
I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the latest relevant sector-based information available on employees taxed under the PAYE system is derived from income tax returns filed for the income tax year 2007 and represents about 96 per cent of all returns expected at the time the data were compiled for analytical purposes. On this basis the information requested by the Deputy is set out as follows.
| Income Tax Year 2007 | Public Sector Employees | All PAYE Employees |
| Range of Gross income | Total Number | Total Number |
| €0 - €10,000 | 49,747 | 414,298 |
| €10,001 - €20,000 | 64,116 | 392,697 |
| €20,001 - €30,000 | 69,766 | 379,180 |
| €30,001 - €40,000 | 69,954 | 263,576 |
| €40,001 - €50,000 | 55,586 | 167,904 |
| €50,001 - €60,000 | 34,562 | 103,273 |
| €60,001 - €70,000 | 22,555 | 67,776 |
| €70,001 - €80,000 | 15,635 | 45,237 |
| €80,001 - €90,000 | 10,379 | 29,668 |
| €90,001 - €100,000 | 7,045 | 19,868 |
| €100,001 - €110,000 | 4,779 | 13,324 |
| €110,001 - €120,000 | 3,298 | 9,244 |
| €120,001 - €130,000 | 2,350 | 6,308 |
| €130,001 - €140,000 | 1,698 | 4,698 |
| €140,001 - €150,000 | 1,088 | 3,247 |
| €150,001 - €160,000 | 694 | 2,313 |
| €160,001 - €170,000 | 435 | 1,635 |
| €170,001 - €180,000 | 247 | 1,153 |
| €180,001 - €190,000 | 206 | 942 |
| €190,001 - €200,000 | 131 | 708 |
| €200,001 - €210,000 | 91 | 537 |
| €210,001 - €220,000 | 66 | 409 |
| Over €220,000 | 195 | 2,276 |
| Totals | 414,623 | 1,930,271 |
Comprehensive historical incomes data for 2008 are not yet available in a usable format and are unlikely to be available before Summer 2010. Notes: The sector identifier used on the tax records is based on the 4-digit NACE code (Rev. 1), which is an internationally recognised economic activity code system. The information provided in relation to public sector employees is based on activities which are classified in the NACE code system as Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security, Education and Health and Social work but excluding the categories of Driving School Activities, Dental Practice Activities and Veterinary Activities as being more appropriate to the private sector. A married couple, which has elected or has been deemed to have elected for joint assessment is counted as one tax unit.
The source of the information provided in relation to numbers and tax is the P35 end year returns filed by employers in respect of their employees but does not include the corresponding figures relating to PAYE taxpayers who are required to return an income tax return form 11 where non-PAYE income is greater than €3,174.
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