About this data

Source: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Income Tax liabilities statistics: tax year 2023 to 2024 to tax year 2026 to 2027

• Taxpayers are people who pay any income tax, ranked by their income before tax. People with incomes below the personal allowance pay no income tax and aren't counted.
• Figures up to 2023-24 are based on HMRC's Survey of Personal Incomes; later years are HMRC projections. There are no figures for 2008-09.
• Top earners' shares jump around changes to the top rate of tax (in 2009-10, 2012-13 to 2013-14, and 2015-16), when some people moved income between years. Figures before and after the 2016-17 change to dividend taxation aren't fully comparable.

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