The taxable income distribution of individuals section has reports on the number of individuals by income bands, the total taxable income by income band and the total tax on taxable income by income band.
These tables show estimates of the number of individuals in bands of taxable income up to:
- $250,000 for the 2001 to 2009 tax years
- $300,000 from the 2010 to 2018 tax years
- $1,000,000 from the 2019 tax year onwards.
They also show total taxable income and income tax for individuals in each income band. The income and tax data are derived from:
- Personal tax summaries (PTS) until the 2018 tax year
- automatic income tax assessments from the 2019 tax year
- IR3 income tax returns
- employer PAYE information.
We update these statistics yearly. You can download the data from 2001 to 2023 on the taxable income of individuals datasets page. This update adjusts information for the 2019 to 2022 tax years.
The latest update uses data extracted from Inland Revenue systems on 27 August 2024. It includes the following changes.
Data for the 2019 to 2022 tax years has been revised to expand the taxable income bands up to $1 million. This breakdown is provided in bands of $50,000 from $300,000. As data for these years has been updated, there may be some differences to numbers previously published.
Data on income distribution by age band has been included in this release. Individuals have been classified into an age band based on the date of birth held in Inland Revenue systems.