Written answers
Tuesday, 11 October 2005
Department of Finance
Tax Code
9:00 pm
Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax relief granted for waste charges for the years 1997, 2002, 2003 and 2004; the number of applicants there were for these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27613/05]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the most recent year for which complete relevant information is available in relation to local authority service charges is for the income tax year 2002. The following is the information requested for income tax years 1997/1998 and 2002.
Year | Estimated cost of tax forgone €m | Numbers availing of tax relief |
1997/1998 | 2.5 | 78,500 |
2002 | 5.2 | 124,900 |
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