§ Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of Super-tax payers in 1914 and the following years down to 1923; the amount on which Super-tax was paid during the same period, and any changes that were made; the number of Super-tax payers anticipated in 1923 and 1924; and the estimated income of the latter?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe number of persons charged to Super-tax in 1914 and subsequent years, and the aggregate of their total incomes, are as follow:
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Year. Number of persons charged. Total income (including the first portion of income on which no Super-tax is pavable). United Kingdom. £ 1913–14 13,937 176,425,000 1914–15 29,996 242,534,000 1915–16 29,299 231,898,000 1916–17 31,985 261,939,000 1917–18 35,564 301,311,000 1918–19 47,869 355,754,000 1919–20 54,475 409,800,000 1920–21 77,000* 505,000,000* 1921–22 90,000* 550,000,000* * Estimates. The rates at which Super - tax was chargeable were increased in 1914–15, 1915–16, 1918–19 and 1920–21; full details of the various changes will be found on page 132 of the 64th Report of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue (Cmd. 1436).
Year. Number of persons charged. Total income (including the first portion of income on which no Super-tax is payaple). Great Britain and Northern Ireland. £ 1922–23 80,000* 470,000,000* 1923–24 75,000* 425,000,000* * Estimates.