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Written question asked by Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour) on Friday, 30 June 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 4 July 2023. It was answered by Victoria Atkins (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 July 2023 on behalf of the Treasury.


Taxpayers

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were (a) basic and (b) higher-rate taxpayers in each of the last eight financial years.

Answer

The Income Tax Liabilities Statistics provide a breakdown of the number of Income Taxpayers by marginal rate of Income Tax between 1990 to 1991 and 2023 to 2024. This information can be found in Table 2.1: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-income-taxpayers-by-marginal-rate-gender-and-age

Data for the tax years 1990 to 1991 up to and including 2020 to 2021 are outturn based on the Survey of Personal Incomes. Estimates for 2021 to 2022, 2022 to 2023 and 2023 to 2024 are based on the 2019 to 2020 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2023 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
191937
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Taxpayers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk