56% of all self-employed earned less than €10,000
Over half (56%) of 20,463 registered self-employed have declared earnings less than €10,000 in 2009.
On the other hand only 3% declared incomes over €40,000 and only 1% declared incomes over €70,000 – an indication that the majority of self-employed are exempt from income tax.
In 2009 those earning more than €40,000 numbered 640. This represented little change since 2005, when only 606 self employed workers declared incomes higher than €37,280.
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