The taxable income distribution of individuals section provides the number of individuals by income bands, the total taxable income by income band and the total tax on taxable income by income band.
Number of individuals
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.
Taxable income and income tax
The tables 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.
Latest data
New data in this release shows portfolio investment entity (PIE) income by taxable income band and by age.
The latest update uses data extracted from Inland Revenue systems on 17 August 2026.
Previous data
We update these statistics yearly. You can download the data from 2001 to 2025 on the 'Tax on taxable income datasets' page.
This update revises information for the 2021 to 2024 tax years.
Explanatory notes
Technical information is in the 'Explanatory notes' tab of the statistics spreadsheet.