Income Tax statistics and distributions
Analysis of estimated Income Tax liabilities statistics.
The Income Tax liability tables in this series provide breakdowns of the number of Income Tax payers and Income Tax liabilities by age, sex, marginal rate, country and Government Office Region, income source and tax band.
You can find all tables for previous years on the National Archives website.
Release schedule
These tables are published annually at schedules dictated by the release of new survey information for Income Tax payers and the publication of revised forecasts for the UK economy by the Office for Budget Responsibility.
For the exact date of release please refer to the UK Statistics publication hub or refer to the scheduled updates section:
From this year forward the Tax structure and parameters statistics will be published with the Income Tax Liabilities statistics.
National statistics
- Income Tax liabilities statistics: tax year 2018 to 2019 to tax year 2021 to 2022
- Table 2.1 Number of individual Income Tax payers
- Table 2.2 Number of Income Tax payers by country
- Table 2.4 Shares of total Income Tax liability
- Table 2.5 Income Tax liabilities by income range
- Table 2.6 Income Tax liabilities by marginal rate of Income Tax
- Table 2.7 Percentage of earnings paid in Income Tax
Income tax liabilities - historical tables
- Table 2.1a Number of Income Tax payers and Income Tax liabilities for historic years
- Table 2.2a Number of Income Tax payers by country for historic years
- Table 2.5a Income Tax liabilities by income range for historic years
- Table 2.6a Income Tax liabilities by marginal rate of Income Tax for historic years
Previous publications
- Income Tax liabilities statistics: tax year 2017 to 2018, to tax year 2020 to 2021
- Income Tax liabilities statistics: tax year 2016 to 2017 to tax year 2019 to 2020
- Income tax liabilities statistics: tax year 2015 to 2016 to tax year 2018 to 2019
- Income tax liabilities statistics: tax year 2014 to 2015 to tax year 2017 to 2018
- Income tax liabilities statistics: tax year 2013 to 2014 to tax year 2016 to 2017
- Income tax liabilities statistics: tax year 2012 to 2013, to tax year 2015 to 2016
- Income tax liabilities statistics: tax year 2011 to 2012, to tax year 2014 to 2015
- Income tax liabilities statistics: tax year 2010 to 2011, to tax year 2013 to 2014
- Income tax liabilities statistics: tax year 2009 to 2010, to tax year 2012 to 2013
- Income tax liabilities statistics: tax year 2008 to 2009, to tax year 2011 to 2012
Other statistics information
Last updated 30 June 2021 + show all updates
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Updated tables with new information for tax year 2021 to 2022. Changes made for accessibility purposes: tables are provided as open source spreadsheets and the bulletin is published in HTML format.
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Updated tables with new information for tax year 2020 to 2021.
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Updated tables with new information for tax year 2019 to 2020.
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Updated tables with new information for tax year 2018 to 2019.
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Added link to User Engagement Exercise.
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Updated tables with new information for tax year 2017 to 2018.
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Updated tables with new information for tax year 2016 to 2017.
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updated front page
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Tables updated for 2014-15
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Publication updated to April 30th 2014.
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First published.
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The Income tax liabilities statistics publication has been updated to February 2014.