Written answers
Tuesday, 15 November 2005
Department of Finance
Tax Yield
9:00 pm
Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 290: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised by way of corporation tax in each of the past five years. [34387/05]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Exchequer receipts from corporation tax in each of the past five years amounted to:
â'¬million | |
2000 | 3,887 |
2001 | 4,156 |
2002 | 4,803 |
2003 | 5,161 |
2004 | 5,332 |
Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 291: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of the overall tax take that was raised by way of corporation tax. [34388/05]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Exchequer receipts from corporation tax as a percentage of total Exchequer tax receipts in each of the past five years were:
% | |
2000 | 14.4 |
2001 | 14.9 |
2002 | 16.4 |
2003 | 16.1 |
2004 | 15.0 |
This data reflects, among other things, the effect of transitional arrangements for bringing forward the payment of corporation tax to a current year basis over five years since 2002. That effect can be expected to decline as the full transition is completed.
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