Active tax units
The Minister said the statistics would be circulated, noting they were available by income tax year and included everyone recorded for income tax purposes; the Chair then moved the House to the next question.
asked the Minister for Finance the total number of active tax units in the country, as follows: (1) husband and wife tax units; (2) total individual working tax units at (a) 6 April 1982; (b) 6 April 1983; (c) 6 April 1984; and (d) 6 April 1985; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Comment on this
As the reply contains statistical data, I propose to circulate it in the Official Report.
Statistics are available only on an income tax year basis in respect of all persons who are on record for income tax purposes including persons with unearned income only.
Following is the reply:
Number of tax units.
¹Working wives other than those treated as single persons are not counted separately.
²An estimated 90,000 full time farmers were brought within the charge to tax in respect of farming profits for the first time in 1983-84, but as it will be some time before all these cases can be processed, figures in relation to them are not included in the table.
