<h1>Taxpayer Numbers Surge: Income-Tax Assessees Rise from 43.9M in 2011-12 to 51.1M in 2013-14.</h1> The country has witnessed an increase in the number of taxpayers over the past three years. The number of income-tax assessees rose from 43,867,006 in the 2011-12 assessment year to 47,868,755 in 2012-13, and further to 51,085,906 in 2013-14. These figures include both filed income-tax returns and cases where tax was deducted at source but returns were not filed. This information was disclosed by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance in a written response to a question in the Lok Sabha.