Written answers

Wednesday, 28 June 2006

11:00 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which income tax returns to date in 2006 compare with previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25310/06]

Photo of Brian CowenBrian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The following table sets out the Exchequer Income tax receipts and the corresponding year-on-year growth rates for the period to end-May for each of the years from 2000 onwards.

Year (to end-May) Income Tax Year-on-Year % Change
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2000 3,762 +15.8
2001 4,110 +9.3
2002 3,506 -14.7
2003 3,152 -10.1
2004 3,841 +21.9
2005 4,035 +5.1
2006 4,421 +9.6

Income tax receipts to end-May 2006 are just 1.2 per cent below target. The Budget day target for Income tax in 2006 is for an increase of 4.8 per cent over the 2005 outturn.

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