HC Deb 15 December 1922 vol 159 c3370W
Mr. SHORT

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total number of individuals liable to Income Tax for the year 1921?

Mr. BALDWIN

The number of individuals in Great Britain and Ireland with incomes above the exemption limit for the year 1921–22 is provisionally estimated at 5,000,000, divided as follows:

Number actually paying Income Tax 2,400,000
Number whose liability is covered by the personal allowances and deductions and reliefs 2,600,000
Total 5,000,000