Written answers
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Department of Finance
Tax Collection
9:00 pm
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers in 2008; the income and tax paid in each of the following income cohorts, broken down into public sector, private sector, non-PAYE, overall, €0 to €10,000, €10,000 to €20,000, €20,000 to €30,000, €30,000 to €40,000, €40,000 to €50,000, €50,000 to €60,000, €60,000 to €70,000, €70,000 to €80,000, €80,000 to €90,000, €90,000 to €100,000, €100,000 to €125,000, €125,000 to €150,000, €150,000 to €175,000, €175,000 to €200,000, €200,000 to €250,000, €250,000 to €500,000, €500,000 to €1 million, and more than €1 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18021/10]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the latest relevant sector-based information available is derived from income tax returns filed for the income tax year 2007 and is set out in the following table. However, because of the Revenue Commissioners' obligation to observe confidentiality in relation to the taxation affairs of individual taxpayers and small groups of taxpayers, the breakdown by income bands requested by the Deputy is not provided in relation to incomes exceeding €500,000 due to the small numbers of income earners with incomes in excess of that level in one of the sectors in question.
| Private Sector Employees | Public Sector Employees | Non-PAYE | ||||||||
| Range of Gross Income | Number of | Amount of | Amount of | Number of | Amount of | Amount of | Number of | Amount of | Amount of | |
| Cases | Income | Tax | Cases | Income | Tax | Cases | Income | Tax | ||
| € | € | € | € | € | € | |||||
| €0 | €10,000 | 364,551 | 1,706,897,395 | 672,651 | 49,747 | 234,502,948 | 89,522 | 26,589 | 152,741,596 | 1,838,156 |
| €10,000 | €20,000 | 328,581 | 4,976,194,648 | 21,546,692 | 64,116 | 960,219,828 | 2,742,617 | 51,268 | 780,917,761 | 16,828,248 |
| €20,000 | €30,000 | 309,414 | 7,647,975,645 | 311,580,709 | 69,766 | 1,749,122,498 | 59,425,420 | 58,225 | 1,454,561,059 | 54,736,846 |
| €30,000 | €40,000 | 193,622 | 6,689,209,577 | 513,203,695 | 69,954 | 2,456,795,705 | 193,330,953 | 56,906 | 1,986,143,546 | 117,561,704 |
| €40,000 | €50,000 | 112,318 | 5,006,325,083 | 578,814,545 | 55,586 | 2,478,337,073 | 318,793,585 | 46,205 | 2,071,570,215 | 174,966,322 |
| €50,000 | €60,000 | 68,711 | 3,754,001,076 | 532,300,354 | 34,562 | 1,887,419,592 | 302,479,138 | 37,452 | 2,053,983,050 | 222,385,707 |
| €60,000 | €70,000 | 45,221 | 2,924,061,734 | 466,681,589 | 22,555 | 1,458,393,698 | 256,634,470 | 31,874 | 2,070,237,461 | 262,988,627 |
| €70,000 | €80,000 | 29,602 | 2,210,463,260 | 398,576,812 | 15,635 | 1,168,118,077 | 218,447,610 | 24,705 | 1,847,196,906 | 266,430,992 |
| €80,000 | €90,000 | 19,289 | 1,632,267,370 | 327,792,207 | 10,379 | 878,466,618 | 171,747,083 | 19,165 | 1,625,101,172 | 263,330,323 |
| €90,000 | €100,000 | 12,823 | 1,213,764,933 | 263,781,090 | 7,045 | 667,256,112 | 137,722,555 | 14,396 | 1,365,041,524 | 240,758,319 |
| €100,000 | €125,000 | 16,641 | 1,839,970,873 | 444,506,752 | 9,303 | 1,029,278,644 | 232,321,626 | 23,125 | 2,572,041,412 | 505,582,774 |
| €125,000 | €150,000 | 6,967 | 947,032,893 | 255,338,557 | 3,910 | 529,166,851 | 135,753,256 | 13,052 | 1,780,417,550 | 392,052,495 |
| €150,000 | €175,000 | 3,305 | 532,222,993 | 154,314,417 | 1,261 | 201,742,221 | 56,886,167 | 7,986 | 1,291,102,327 | 302,692,979 |
| €175,000 | €200,000 | 1,733 | 322,999,998 | 98,932,461 | 452 | 84,036,090 | 25,311,065 | 5,317 | 992,635,811 | 242,672,329 |
| €200,000 | €250,000 | 1,492 | 329,438,536 | 106,501,449 | 272 | 59,318,853 | 18,603,922 | 6,650 | 1,483,315,042 | 372,448,599 |
| €250,000 | €500,000 | 1,222 | 383,238,822 | 134,267,931 | 73 | 20,919,896 | 7,009,213 | 10,343 | 3,489,497,953 | 924,329,818 |
| Over | €500,000 | 156 | 184,132,628 | 72,849,691 | 7 | 8,713,811 | 3,471,348 | 4,327 | 4,695,136,948 | 1,272,431,174 |
| 1,515,648 | 42,300,197,463 | 4,681,661,600 | 414,623 | 15,871,808,515 | 2,140,769,551 | 437,585 | 31,711,641,335 | 5,634,035,409 |
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, incomes and tax attributed for both the Public and Private Sectors are derived from 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. The relevant information on these income earners is included in the figures provided for non-PAYE.
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