HC Deb 07 July 1969 vol 786 cc210-1W
Mr. Marples

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the number of taxpayers for whom income tax assessments in respect of 1966–67 have been agreed and whose surtax assessments have not yet been agreed.

Mr. Harold Lever

This information is not available.

Mr. Marples

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the total number of surtax assessments made in respect of the financial year 1966–67, the number of taxpayers who paid their surtax liability in respect of that year in each month since January, 1968, the total amount of surtax agreed in respect of 1966–67 still unpaid, and the number of surtax payers with whom his department has not yet agreed a final assessment in respect of the same year.

Mr. Harold Lever

The number of surtax assessments made for 1966–67 up to 30th June, 1969, was 370,295. The number of surtax payers who paid their 1966–67 surtax in months falling within the accounting year to 30th June, 1968, was as follows:

Up to and including

December 1967 48,489
January 1968 88,892
February 1968 45,741
March 1968 26,320
April 1968 17,902
May 1968 19,874
June 1968 14,069

Figures are not available for later months.

The amount of surtax for 1966–67 which was agreed but unpaid at 30th June 1969 is not yet ascertained.

The information asked for in the last part of the Question is not available.

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