§ Mr. David Watkinsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of receipts from income tax is paid by taxpayers in each tax band in the current financial year and in each of the three previous financial years.
§ Mr. RidleyInformation in the required form is available for tax due in respect of each year. not for receipts of tax collected. Estimates, which are provisional for 1980–81 and 1981–82, are as follows:
Percentage of taxpayers whose highest rate of tax is the basic rate Percentage of taxpayers whose highest rate of tax is the basic rate or lower rate percentage percentage 1978–79 82 96 1979–80 85 97 1980–81 96 1981–82 95 The information relates to tax units, that is counting married couples as one and combining their incomes. Estimates for 1980–81 and 1981–82 are provisional