Personal Incomes Mr. Arthur Lewis asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the gross annual pre-tax earnings for a married man without dependent children to enable him to be left with £67,000 per annum after payment of tax. Mr. Robert Sheldon For 1976–77 a gross earned income of £358,820 per annum would be required to leave £67,000 per annum net after payment of tax.