Taxation: Young People

(asked on 26th February 2018) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average amount of tax and national insurance paid by people between 16 and 18 years of age.


Answered by
Mel Stride Portrait
Mel Stride
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
This question was answered on 6th March 2018

This table contains estimates of the average amount of income tax and national insurance liabilities of individuals who are aged 16, 17 or 18 at the end of the 2014-15 tax year.

Average Income Tax and NICs paid by individuals between the ages of 16 and 18(1)(2)

Income Tax

NICs

Average

£950

£156

  1. All figures presented are rounded to the nearest whole number.

  2. These estimates are based on the 2014-15 Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI).

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