Written answers
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Department of Finance
Tax Collection
8:00 pm
Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax collected under headings (details supplied) each year from 1999 to 2008; and if he will estimate the tax generated from the construction and property sector for each of the same years. [18567/09]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Figures of the net receipt of tax revenue from 1999 to 2008 under the headings requested by the Deputy are as set in the following table to the extent that figures are available or appropriate. Net Receipts of Tax Revenue 1999 to 2008 under specific headings
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
Taxhead | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m |
Excise ( Including. VRT ) | 4016.2 | 4424.1 | 4212.6 | 4595.4 | 4736.0 | 5066.4 | 5391.0 | 5696.4 | 6003.4 | 5599.5 |
VRT Only | 771.1 | 1001.3 | 788.0 | 792.6 | 819.4 | 946.0 | 1148.8 | 1287.4 | 1406.1 | 1120.8 |
Capital Acquisitions Tax | 192.3 | 223.1 | 167.7 | 150.9 | 213.3 | 190.5 | 249.5 | 343.2 | 390.5 | 342.8 |
Capital Gains Tax | 452.2 | 773.5 | 875.6 | 619.0 | 1435.7 | 1527.8 | 1982.0 | 3099.2 | 3097.4 | 1423.9 |
Residential Property Tax | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Stamp Duties | 913.1 | 1089.9 | 1222.5 | 1139.0 | 1664.4 | 2069.7 | 2673.2 | 3632.0 | 3244.0 | 1763.4 |
All Income Tax | 8007.0 | 9124.5 | 9318.6 | 8978.9 | 9156.2 | 10695.1 | 11339.5 | 12374.8 | 13582.2 | 13195.1 |
Including | ||||||||||
Professional Services Withholding Tax | 173.5 | 187.3 | 226.5 | 255.9 | 255.0 | 322.8 | 342.1 | 399.8 | 435.2 | 604.1 |
Dividend Withholding Tax | 38.4 | 186.5 | 174.7 | 190.0 | 196.5 | 225.4 | 231.6 | 285.2 | 324.6 | 349.7 |
Deposit Interest Retention Tax | 161.0 | 385.9 | 228.4 | 206.5 | 153.3 | 143.6 | 167.1 | 254.4 | 471.8 | 653.8 |
Relevant Contracts Tax | 21.3 | 52.2 | 57.0 | 29.1 | 53.3 | 50.7 | 98.9 | 93.7 | 49.9 | -67.4 |
Corporation Tax (Including Tonnage Tax) | 3442.4 | 3885.3 | 4143.9 | 4803.8 | 5155.4 | 5335.0 | 5503.2 | 6684.6 | 6393.4 | 5071.5 |
Tonnage Tax only | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | n/av |
Value Added Tax | 6214.9 | 7467.2 | 7906.8 | 8843.8 | 9715.6 | 10716.8 | 12125.4 | 13451.4 | 14518.8 | 13432.1 |
Environmental Levy | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 26.3 |
I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that, as the information furnished on tax returns does not generally require the yield from a particular sector or sub-sector of economic activity to be identified, the precise figures of net yield of tax revenues from the construction industry cannot be readily identified. Information can, however, be provided on an estimated basis to indicate the approximate net amounts of taxes paid (i.e. after allowing for repayments) by taxpayers in the construction industry in relation to VAT (not including VAT on imports), PAYE, Income tax non-PAYE, Corporation tax and Capital Gains Tax .
On this basis the figures of yield under each tax head in each of the years 2005 to 2008 inclusive is estimated as follows:
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