Self-Assessment (Hansard, 12 March 2002)

HC Deb 12 March 2002 vol 381 c966W 966W

§ Mr. Hoban
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people completed self-assessment income tax forms in(a) 1998–99, (b) 1999–2000 and (c) 2000–01. [42594]

§ Dawn Primarolo
No details are held of the number of people who completed self-assessment tax returns. The number of completed tax returns for each tax year received by the Inland Revenue in the following tax year is as follows:

1998–99: Number of 1997–98 returns received: 8,374,888

1999–2000: Number of 1998–99 returns received: 8,506,751

2000–01: Number of 1999–2000 returns received: 8,795,949.