§ Mr. G. LOCKER-LAMPSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated cost of the various personal reliefs, abatements, and allowances granted in each of the years 1913 to 1919, inclusive?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe estimated amount of tax, calculated at the various rates in force for each year as determined by the total income, from which individuals were relieved by the allowances for abatements, life insurance premiums, children and (for 1918–19) for wife, housekeeper and dependent relatives, is approximately as follows:
£ 1913–14 6,700,000 1914–15 9,300,000 1915–16 16,500,000 1916–17 45,500,000 1917–18 63,000,000 1918–19 85,000,000 1919–20 Not yet available.
§ Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the number of individuals liable to Income Tax for each of the years 1913 to 1919, inclusive?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe number of individuals with incomes exceeding the exemption limit is estimated as follows:
A proportion, however, of the taxpayers were entirely relieved from tax by the personal reliefs (e.g., in respect of children) to which they were entitled.
Year. No. 1913–14 (exemption limit £160) 1,200,000 1914–15 (exemption limit £160) 1,240,000 1915–16 (exemption limit £130) 1,480,000 1916–17 (exemption limit £130) 3,264,000 1917–18 (exemption limit £130) 4,476,000 1918–19 (exemption limit £130) 5,346,000 1919–20 (exemption limit £130) 6,800,000
§ Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated number of employed persons not paying Income Tax, males and females, for the years 1913 to 1919, inclusive?
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