Taxation (Hansard, 6 April 1989)

§ 46. Mr. Leighton
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of their income people on three quarters of average earnings were paying in total taxation(a) in 1978–79 and (b) in 1988–89.

§ 56. Mr. Loyden
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of their income people on three quarters of average earnings were paying in total taxation(a) in 1978–79 and (b) in 1988–89.

§ 109. Mr. Livingstone
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of their income people on three quarters of average earnings were paying in total taxation(a) in 1978–79 and (b) in 1988–89.

§ 146. Mr. Leadbitter
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of their income people on three quarters of average earnings were paying in total taxation in(a) 1978–79 and (b) 1988–89.

§ Mr. Norman Lamont
A single person on three quarters of average earnings is estimated to have paid 40.4 per cent. of their income in income tax, national insurance contributions and indirect taxes (excluding local authority rates) in 1978–79 and 40 per cent. in 1988–89. The figure is forecast to fall to 39.2 per cent. in 1989–90.

§ 47. Mr. McAvoy
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of their income the average earner was paying in direct and indirect taxes in(a) 1978–79 and (b) 1988–89.

§ 57. Mr. McAllion
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of their income the average earner was paying in direct and indirect taxes in(a) 1978–79 and (b) 1988–89.

§ 66. Mr. McCartney
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of his income was the average earner paying in direct and indirect taxes in(a) 1978–79 and (b) 1988–89.

§ Mr. Norman Lamont
A single person on average male earnings is estimated to have paid 42.3 per cent. of their income in income tax, national insurance contributions and indirect taxes (excluding local authority rates) in 1978–79 and 41.3 per cent. in 1988–89. The figure is forecast to fall to 40.6 per cent. in 1989–90.

§ 84. Mr. Ashby
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list all the taxes which have been abolished since 1979.

§ 134. Mr. Franks
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchquer if he will list all the taxes which have been abolished since 1979.

§ 136. Sir David Price
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list all the taxes which have been abolished since 1979.
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§ 155. Mr. Boswell
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list all the taxes which have been abolished since 1979.

§ Mr. Norman Lamont
The main taxes abolished since 1979 are:

investment income surcharge in 1984;

national insurance surcharge in 1984;

development land tax in 1985;

capital transfer tax on lifetime gifts in 1986;

capital duty and unit trust instrument duty in 1988.

In addition, a number of minor duties have been abolished.

§ 132. Mr. David Marshall
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate how much the top 1 per cent. of tax units paid in tax in 1988–89 and how much would this group have paid had the 1987–88 tax levels remained unchanged except for indexing.

§ 138. Mrs. Mahon
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate how much the top 1 per cent. of tax units paid in tax in 1988–89; and how much this group would have paid had the 1987–88 tax levels remained unchanged except for indexing.

§ 157. Mr. Madden
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate how much the top 1 per cent. of tax units paid in tax in 1988–89, and how much would this group have paid had the 1987–88 tax levels remained unchanged except for indexing.

§ Mr. Michael J. Martin
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate how much the top 1 per cent. of tax units paid in tax in 1988–89 and how much would this group have paid had the 1987–88 tax levels remained unchanged except for indexing.

§ Mr. Norman Lamont
In 1988–89 the income tax liability of the top 1 per cent. of tax units liable to tax is estimated to be £6 billion. If the 1988 Budget had merely indexed tax thresholds and allowances and assuming the same levels of income as above, their liability would have been £8.1 billion.
These estimates are based on a projection of the 1986–87 survey of personal incomes and are provisional.