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Wednesday, 25 January 2006

8:00 pm

Photo of Billy TimminsBilly Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 548: To ask the Minister for Finance the funding received for inheritance tax and gift tax for the years 1997 to 2005 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1899/06]

Photo of Brian CowenBrian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that figures of the net receipt of inheritance tax and gift tax in the years 1997 to 2005, inclusive, are contained in following table:

Year Inheritance Tax Gift Tax
â'¬ million â'¬ million
1997 81.3 6.4
1998 98.5 7.7
1999 133.7 13.4
2000 154.7 15.4
2001 121.5 13.8
2002 128.1 13.1
2003 130.7 26.5
2004 171.3 14.4
2005* 198.5 50.3
* The yields in respect of 2005 are provisionally estimated.

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