Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons eligible to pay PAYE in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41113/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the relevant information available on the numbers of total income earners on PAYE tax records, the corresponding number who are actually liable to PAYE income tax for the years 2005 to 2010 inclusive, are as follows.

Numbers of PAYE income earners and taxpayers 2005 to 2010

*Provisional and likely to be revised.

Figures for numbers of income earners and taxpayers are rounded to the nearest hundred.

The figures for numbers of income earners and taxpayers for the years 2005 to 2008 inclusive are based on incomes data derived from income tax returns held on Revenue records and have been grossed-up to an overall expected level to adjust for incompleteness in the numbers of returns on record at the time the data were extracted for analytical purposes. The numbers for the years 2009 and 2010 are estimates from the Revenue tax-forecasting model using actual data for the year 2008, adjusted as necessary for income and employment trends in the interim. These are, therefore, provisional and likely to be revised.

A married couple which has elected or has been deemed to have elected for joint assessment is counted as one tax unit.

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons paying income tax in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the relevant income tax yield in each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41114/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the relevant information available on the numbers of total income earners on the income tax records, the corresponding number who are actually liable to income tax and the figures of net receipts from income tax for the years 2006 to 2010 inclusive, are as follows.

Numbers of all income earners and income taxpayers and net receipts of income tax 2006 to 2010

*Provisional and likely to be revised.

# Figures of Exchequer receipts as at end October

Income tax net receipts for 2009 and 2010 include associated receipts from the Income Levy.

Figures for numbers of income earners and taxpayers are rounded to the nearest hundred and figures for net receipts are rounded to the nearest million.

The figures for numbers of income earners and taxpayers for the years 2006 to 2008 inclusive are based on incomes data derived from income tax returns held on Revenue records and have been grossed-up to an overall expected level to adjust for incompleteness in the numbers of returns on record at the time the data were extracted for analytical purposes. The numbers for the years 2009 and 2010 are estimates from the Revenue tax-forecasting model using actual data for the year 2008, adjusted as necessary for income and employment trends in the interim. These are, therefore, provisional and likely to be revised.

A married couple which has elected or has been deemed to have elected for joint assessment is counted as one tax unit.