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Written question asked by Michael Meacher (Labour) on Monday, 27 October 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 29 October 2014. It was answered by David Gauke (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 November 2014 on behalf of the Treasury.


Income Tax

Question

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2012 to Question 292135, what was the average tax paid by those people in each of the top (a) 10, (b) five, (c) one, (d) 0.1 and (e) 0.01 per cent of the population.

Answer

The proportion of total income accounted for by the top 10, 5 and 1 per cent of UK taxpayers by income can be found in table 2.4 'Share of total income (before and after tax) and income tax for percentile groups', available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/income-tax-statistics-and-distributions

The number and average income of taxpayers in each group can be determined from the above together with table 2.5 'Income Tax liabilities, by income range', with reference to the total number of taxpayers and their income stated on this table.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
212142
Session
2014-15
Related items
Wealth
Monday, 12 October 2009
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Income tax
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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