HC Deb 22 March 1932 vol 263 c895W
Mr. G. MACDONALD

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of persons paying Income Tax and the number of persons paying Surtax during each of the last three years, including the current year?

Major ELLIOT

The hon. Member will find in Tables 48, 62 and 63 of the recently published 74th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue (Command Paper No. 4027) the latest available statistics of the numbers paying Income Tax and Surtax for past years. As regards the current year, the changes in the graduation of the Income Tax that were made in the Second Finance Act are estimated to increase the number of persons paying Income Tax by between 1,500,000 and 2,000,000.