Annexure III:Classification of Income Tax Payable by Individuals - By Range of Income                 
Number of returns 
Range of Income 1999-2000 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97 1995-96 1994-95 1993-94 1992-93 1991-92 1990-91
20,001-50,000# [ [ 2487851 (27.5) 2795261 (38.0) 2578415 (38.0) 1479816 (22.0) 2566318 (52.6) 2363782 (54.7) 2043380 (54.7) 2233035 (63.3)
50,001-1,00,000 9003238 (63.2) 6419190 (59.8) 3568286 (39.4) 2545653 (34.6) 2348171 (34.6) 2578378 (38.4) 1786282 (36.6) 1597596 (37.0) 1380793 (37.0) 609080 (17.3)
1,00,001-2,00,000 3170103 (22.3) 2337211 (21.8) 1641864 (18.1) 785741 (10.7) 724786 (10.7) 528651 (7.9) 193099 (4.0) 104944 (2.4) 90719 (2.4) 98451 (2.8)
2,00,001-3,00,000 [ [ 121350 (1.3) 60236 (0.8) 55563 (0.8) 38505 (0.6) 48357 (1.0) 25311 (0.6) 21880 (0.6) 21579 (0.6)
3,00,001-4,00,000 373129 (2.6) 309281 (2.9) 56939 (0.6) 25418 (0.3) 23446 (0.3) 18116 (0.3) 26323 (0.5) 13673 (0.3) 11820 (0.3) 8465 (0.2)
4,00,001-5,00,000 [ [ 29062 (0.3) 15304 (0.2) 14117 (0.2) 19771 (0.3) 17061 (0.4) 8580 (0.2) 7417 (0.2) 4313 (0.1)
5,00,001-10,00,000 76663 (0.5) 61658 (0.6) 40642 (0.4) 21414 (0.3) 19753 (0.3) 9539 (0.1) 4430 (0.1) 2430 (0.1) 2101 (0.1) 2292 (0.1)
Over 1000000 78109 (0.5) 595765 (5.6) 20058 (0.2) 10265 (0.1) 9469 (0.1) 5543 (0.1) 3471 (0.1) 2685 (0.1) 2321 (0.1) 1564 (0.0)
Total 14242969 (100.0) 10733223 (100.0) 9049398 (100.0) 7357548 (100.0) 6786781 (100.0) 6717453 (100.0) 4874440 (100.0) 4322804 (100.0) 3736609 (100.0) 3525376 (100.0)
                                         
Income of returns (Rs Lakh)
Range of Income 1999-2000 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97 1995-96 1994-95 1993-94 1992-93 1991-92 1990-91
20,001-50,000# [ [ 1097021 (14.2) 1292745 (21.3) 1144214 (23.7) 614687 (14.5) 947761 (32.7) 859009 (35.1) 742938 (35.1) 729065 (47.1)
50,001-1,00,000 5466321 (43.5) 3953436 (9.2) 2472595 (32.1) 1997045 (32.8) 1672288 (34.7) 1843945 (43.4) 1283259 (44.3) 1160981 (47.4) 1003568 (47.4) 427810 (27.6)
1,00,001-2,00,000 4239709 (33.7) 3153783 (7.3) 2167166 (28.1) 1065587 (17.5) 962073 (19.9) 704824 (16.6) 248608 (8.6) 163062 (6.7) 141008 (6.7) 132424 (8.5)
2,00,001-3,00,000 [ [ 293201 (3.8) 141971 (2.3) 134058 (2.8) 93412 (2.2) 109971 (3.8) 67850 (2.8) 58625 (2.8) 52335 (3.4)
3,00,001-4,00,000 969231 (7.7) 885121 (2.1) 194820 (2.5) 84187 (1.4) 80572 (1.7) 62356 (1.5) 97213 (3.4) 53321 (2.2) 46077 (2.2) 29235 (1.9)
4,00,001-5,00,000 [ [ 129767 (1.7) 66896 (1.1) 63205 (1.3) 71859 (1.7) 65999 (2.3) 40448 (1.7) 34970 (1.7) 19284 (1.2)
5,00,001-10,00,000 502415 (4.0) 425050 (1.0) 279881 (3.6) 157457 (2.6) 137219 (2.8) 135417 (3.2) 29802 (1.0) 17748 (0.7) 15351 (0.7) 15734 (1.0)
Over 1000000 1142460 (9.1) 34388903 (79.9) 803781 (10.4) 898838 (14.8) 290483 (6.0) 220156 (5.2) 63440 (2.2) 48557 (2.0) 42058 (2.0) 37602 (2.4)
Total 12565976 (100.0) 43048684 (100.0) 7702955 (100.0) 6081145 (100.0) 4825617 (100.0) 4247190 (100.0) 2899350 (100.0) 2448492 (100.0) 2117026 (100.0) 1548968 (100.0)
                                         
Tax payable (Rs Lakh)
Range of Income 1999-2000 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97 1995-96 1994-95 1993-94 1992-93 1991-92 1990-91
20,001-50,000# [ [ 18421 (1.7) 66495 (7.2) 58855 (8.7) 83148 (10.6) 127948 (23.7) 111796 (27.2) 96582 (26.9) 75848 (26.9)
50,001-1,00,000 138720 (13.4) 155598 (2.0) 194656 (17.6) 241309 (26.1) 202067 (30.0) 237694 (30.4) 141158 (26.2) 131136 (31.9) 117965 (32.8) 95957 (34.1)
1,00,001-2,00,000 367057 (35.4) 353780 (4.6) 396134 (35.8) 221150 (23.9) 199666 (29.7) 156859 (20.1) 103670 (19.2) 67186 (16.3) 57813 (16.1) 42227 (15.0)
2,00,001-3,00,000 [ [ 79875 (7.2) 39146 (4.2) 36964 (5.5) 26639 (3.4) 43438 (8.1) 27123 (6.6) 23450 (6.5) 19909 (7.1)
3,00,001-4,00,000 175187 (16.9) 170493 (2.2) 57113 (5.2) 24518 (2.7) 23465 (3.5) 18286 (2.3) 40829 (7.6) 21882 (5.3) 18892 (5.3) 12481 (4.4)
4,00,001-5,00,000 [ [ 39980 (3.6) 18894 (2.0) 17852 (2.7) 26272 (3.4) 26581 (4.9) 15277 (3.7) 13288 (3.7) 8809 (3.1)
5,00,001-10,00,000 103908 (10.0) 96549 (1.2) 87915 (8.0) 48072 (5.2) 41894 (6.2) 41287 (5.3) 15199 (2.8) 8811 (2.1) 6601 (1.8) 7326 (2.6)
Over 1000000 244123 (23.5) 6966352 (89.9) 226253 (20.5) 251669 (27.2) 81334 (12.1) 100222 (12.8) 30340 (5.6) 21788 (5.3) 18926 (5.3) 17030 (6.0)
Total 1037673 (100.0) 7746791 (100.0) 1105486 (100.0) 923657 (100.0) 673350 (100.0) 780922 (100.0) 538810 (100.0) 411583 (100.0) 359241 (100.0) 281762 (100.0)
                                         
Note: # For the years 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1994-95 the ranges are from Rs 25,001, Rs 28,001 and Rs 35,001, respectively. For the   years 1995-96 and 1996-97 range from Rs. 40,001 to Rs 50,000. 
               For 1998-99 and onward range is from 40,001 to Rs 100,000. Figures in brackets are percentages to the total in each year. 
Source: Indian Public Finance Statistics (2003-04), Government of India.