Appendix A: CLASSIFICATION OF INCOME TAX PAYABLE BY INDIVIDUALS - BY RANGE OF INCOME
Range of income (Rs.) Assessment Year
1990-91 Share in per cent 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 Share in per cent 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 Share in per cent
 
(a) Number of returns
T.L - 20,000 $ 546597 (15.50) 176178 203803 229099 (4.70) 2039134 1013061 1098256 1083346 1010118 1541727 (10.82)
20,001 - 50,000 $$ 2233035 (63.34) 2043380 2363782 2566318 (52.65) 1479816 2578415 2795261 2487851  
50,001 - 1,00,000 609080 (17.28) 1380793 1597596 1786282 (36.65) 2578378 2348171 2545653 3568286 6419190 9003238 (63.21)
1,00,001 - 2,00,000 98451 (2.79) 90719 104944 193099 (3.96) 528651 724786 785741 1641864 2337211 3170103  
2,00,001 - 3,00,000 21579 (0.61) 21880 25311 48357 (0.99) 38505 55563 60236 121350 (22.26)
3,00,001 - 4,00,000 8465 (0.24) 11820 13673 26323 (0.54) 18116 23446 25418 56939 309281 373129  
4,00,001 - 5,00,000 4313 (0.12) 7417 8580 17061 (0.35) 19771 14117 15304 29062 (2.62)
5,00,001 - 10,00,000 2292 (0.07) 2101 2430 4430 (0.09) 9539 19753 21414 40642 61658 76663 (0.54)
Over 10,00,000 1564 (0.04) 2321 2685 3471 (0.07) 5543 9469 10265 20058 595765 78109 (0.55)
Total   3525376 100.00 3736609 4322804 4874440 100.0 6717453 6786781 7357548 9049398 10733223 14242969 100.0
     
    (b) Income of returns (Rs. lakhs)
T.L - 20,000 $ 105479 (6.81) 32431 37516 53297 (1.84) 500534 341505 376419 264723 242391 245840 (1.96)
20,001 - 50,000 $$ 729065 (47.07) 742938 859009 947761 (32.69) 614687 1144214 1292745 1097021  
50,001 - 1,00,000 427810 (27.62) 1003568 1160981 1283259 (44.26) 1843945 1672288 1997045 2472595 3953436 5466321 (43.50)
1,00,001 - 2,00,000 132424 (8.55) 141008 163062 248608 (8.57) 704824 962073 1065587 2167166 3153783 4239709 (33.74)
2,00,001 - 3,00,000 52335 (3.38) 58625 67850 109971 (3.79) 93412 134058 141971 293201  
3,00,001 - 4,00,000 29235 (1.89) 46077 53321 97213 (3.35) 62356 80572 84187 194820 885121 969231 (7.71)
4,00,001 - 5,00,000 19284 (1.24) 34970 40448 65999 (2.28) 71859 63205 66896 129767  
5,00,001 - 10,00,000 15734 (1.02) 15351 17748 29802 (1.03) 135147 137219 157457 279881 425050 502415 (4.00)
Over 10,00,000 37602 (2.43) 42058 48557 63440 (2.19) 220156 290483 898838 803781 34388903 1142460 (9.09)
Total   1548968 100.0 2117026 2448492 2899350 100.0 4246920 4825617 6081146 7702955 43048684 12565976 100.0
     
    (c) Tax payable (Rs. lakhs)
T.L - 20,000 $ 2175 (0.77) 5724 6584 9647 (1.79) 90515 11253 12404 5139 4019 8678 (0.84)
20,001 - 50,000 $$ 75848 (26.92) 96582 111796 127948 (23.75) 83148 58855 66495 18421  
50,001 - 1,00,000 95957 (34.06) 117965 131136 141158 (26.20) 237694 202067 241309 194656 155598 138720 (13.37)
1,00,001 - 2,00,000 42227 (14.99) 57813 67186 103670 (19.24) 156859 199666 221150 396134 353780 367057 (35.37)
2,00,001 - 3,00,000 19909 (7.07) 23450 27123 43438 (8.06) 26639 36964 39146 79875  
3,00,001 - 4,00,000 12481 (4.43) 18892 21882 40829 (7.58) 18286 23465 24518 57113 170493 175187 (16.88)
4,00,001 - 5,00,000 8809 (3.13) 13288 15277 26581 (4.93) 26272 17852 18894 39980  
5,00,001 - 10,00,000 7326 (2.60) 6601 8811 15199 (2.82) 41287 41894 48072 87915 96549 103908 (10.01)
Over 10,00,000 17030 (6.04) 18926 21788 30340 (5.63) 100222 81334 251669 226253 6966352 244123 (23.53)
Total   281762 100.0 359241 411583 538810 100.0 780922 673351 923657 1105486 7746791 1037673 100.0
$ For the years 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94 the ranges are upto Rs.25000, Rs. 28000 and Rs.35000 respectively. For 1995-96 and onward range is upto Rs.40000.
$$ For the years 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1994-95 the ranges are from Rs.25001,Rs. 28001 and Rs.35001 respectively. For the years  
1995-96 and 1996-97 range from Rs.40001 to Rs.50000.  
For 1998-99 and onward range is from 40,001 to Rs. 100,000.  
Source: Ministry of Finance, Indian Public Finance Statistics, 2004-05