Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in VRT, stamp duty, income tax, VAT and corporation tax in January 2009; the comparable figures for January 2006, January 2007 and January 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6310/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The figures the Deputy requests are detailed in the following tables. Tax revenue receipts are published on the Department's website as part of the monthly Exchequer Statements.

Vehicle Registration Tax in a component of Excise Duties and receipts are not separately detailed within Exchequer Statements. The Revenue Commissioners have provided VRT receipts for the January period from 2006 to 2009 and these figures are supplied below. The VRT figures provided are on a Revenue Net Receipts basis, which differ from Exchequer receipts due to timing and accounting issues. The Deputy should note that the VRT figures for 2009 are provisional at this stage and are liable to some slight revision.

The end-January Exchequer Returns showed tax receipts, at €3,735 million, down 19% year-on-year. However, it must be taken into account that tax receipts in January 2008 were relatively strong. In this regard, tax receipts for January 2009 represent approximately 10% of the total forecast receipts for the year and this is in line with the percentage received in previous years.