§ Mr. Peter Reesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many assessments have been raised under Section 412 of the Income Tax Act, 1952, or under Section 478 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act, 1970, in respect of each of the years 1959–60 to 1969–70, inclusive, and what was the aggregate amount of such assessments for each such year.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe number of assessments to income tax and the aggregate amount of income tax charged under Section 412 of the Income Tax Act, 1952, for each year was as follows:
ASSESSMENTS TO INCOME TAX: S. 412 I.T.A. 1952 Year of assessment Number of assessments Total tax charged £ 1959–60 443 466,534 1960–61 395 534,460 1961–62 350 599,568 1962–63 296 744,261 1963–64 298 1,327,354 1964–65 273 1,006,282 1965–66 104 247,225 1966–67 75 190,577 1967–68 51 120,253 1968–69 24 37,975 1969–70 11 15,554 Further assessments to income tax will be made for each of the years from 1965–66 inclusive as further information reaches the Inland Revenue.
Neither the aggregate amount of income assessed to income tax nor details of assessments to surtax are readily available.