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:

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:

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.