Colonel THORNEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can state the number of persons that are assessable to Income Tax that are assessed upon their incomes ranging from £130 to £200 per annum; and what amount of money they paid for Income Tax for the financial year ending 1917–18?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINAs I indicated in my reply on the 7th instant in answer to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Central Wandsworth, precise information of the kind asked for is not available. The Board of Inland Revenue are, however, engaged in the preparation of a statistical estimate of the classification of taxpayers and their incomes for the year 1918–19. This estimate will embrace substantially the particulars desired by the hon. and gallant Member, and as soon as it is prepared I will issue it as a Parliamentary Paper.