Written answers
Wednesday, 14 February 2007
Department of Finance
Tax Yield
10:00 pm
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of GNP that the annual tax revenue was equivalent to for each year from 1996 to 2006, itemised according to each category of taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5632/07]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The following table below provides the details requested by the Deputy. The 2006 GNP figure, upon which the 2006 figures are based, is an estimated outturn.
| VAT | Income Tax | Corporation Tax | Excise Duty | Big 4 Total | Customs | Stamp Duty | CGT | CAT | Levies & Motor Vehicle Duties | Overall Total | |
| % of GNP | % of GNP | % of GNP | % of | % of GNP | % of GNP | % of GNP | % of GNP | % of GNP | % of | % of GNP | |
| 1996 | 7.6 | 11.2 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 27.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 30.6 |
| 1997 | 7.9 | 11.1 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 28.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 30.4 |
| 1998 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 27.5 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 29.8 |
| 1999 | 8.0 | 10.4 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 28.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 30.6 |
| 2000 | 8.4 | 10.2 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 27.8 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 30.4 |
| 2001 | 8.1 | 9.6 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 26.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 28.6 |
| 2002 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 25.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 27.6 |
| 2003 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 24.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 27.4 |
| 2004 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 25.4 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 28.6 |
| 2005 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 25.1 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 28.9 |
| 2006 (e) | 9.0 | 8.3 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 25.6 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 30.6 |
| Figures may not add due to rounding of constituent items. | |||||||||||
| (e) = estimate. |
The main reason for the significant growth in the total tax burden since 2003 is the increasing percentage of GNP accounted for by stamp duty and capital gains tax, due mainly to the strength of the property market in recent years.
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