Pensioners: Income Tax
(asked on 30th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people aged 65 or over paid income tax at the (a) higher and (b) additional rate in the most recent year for which data is available.
This question was answered on 5th December 2017
An estimate of numbers of taxpayers aged 65 or over who are liable at the higher or additional rates of tax in the year 2014-15 are shown below:
2014-15: income taxpayers liable at higher or additional rates of tax | ||
Age | Number of individuals (Thousands) | |
| Higher Rate | Additional Rate |
65 and over | 506 | 30 |
These estimates are based on the 2014-15 Survey of Personal Incomes.