Written answers
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Department of Finance
Tax Yield
5:00 am
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax take on motor fuels from 1 January 2009 to the end of April 2010 on a monthly basis in tabular format; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24359/10]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the data available on the amounts of Excise, VAT and the Carbon Charge for the period 1 January 2009 to the end of April 2010, in respect of petrol and auto-diesel is set out in the tables below. It should be noted that the carbon charge in respect of petrol and auto-diesel is payable in the month after it is released for consumption so each of the monthly figures below relate to sales in the previous month.
| Petrol | Mineral Oil Tax | VATEstimate | Total | Auto-Diesel | Mineral Oil Tax | VAT Estimate | Total | |
| 2009 | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | 2009 | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | |
| Jan | 129.4 | 43.9 | 173.3 | Jan | 104.9 | 5.0 | 109.9 | |
| Feb | 81.7 | 29.1 | 110.8 | Feb | 75.3 | 3.6 | 78.8 | |
| Mar | 91.6 | 33.0 | 124.5 | Mar | 86.8 | 4.0 | 90.8 | |
| Apr | 90.8 | 33.8 | 124.7 | Apr | 91.7 | 4.0 | 95.7 | |
| May | 94.9 | 36.6 | 131.6 | May | 92.8 | 4.1 | 96.9 | |
| Jun | 89.7 | 36.3 | 126.0 | Jun | 90.7 | 4.1 | 94.8 | |
| Jul | 94.6 | 38.1 | 132.6 | Jul | 95.2 | 4.5 | 99.7 | |
| Aug | 87.3 | 35.8 | 123.1 | Aug | 86.0 | 4.0 | 89.9 | |
| Sep | 93.0 | 38.1 | 131.2 | Sep | 96.7 | 4.5 | 101.3 | |
| Oct | 90.0 | 36.2 | 126.2 | Oct | 92.6 | 4.3 | 96.9 | |
| Nov | 83.1 | 34.4 | 117.5 | Nov | 87.4 | 4.2 | 91.6 | |
| Dec | 48.8 | 20.2 | 69.0 | Dec | 60.2 | 2.9 | 63.1 | |
| Total | 1,075.1 | 415.5 | 1,490.5 | Total | 1,060.3 | 49.2 | 1,109.5 |
| Petrol | Mineral Oil Tax | Carbon | VAT Estimate | Total | Auto- Diesel | Mineral Oil Tax | Carbon | VAT Estimate | Total | |
| 2010 | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | 2010 | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | |
| Jan | 107.2 | 1.0 | 45.8 | 154.0 | Jan | 103.4 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 110.0 | |
| Feb | 77.9 | 7.3 | 33.2 | 118.4 | Feb | 83.8 | 10.1 | 4.1 | 98.0 | |
| Mar | 89.8 | 5.3 | 38.9 | 134.0 | Mar | 93.8 | 8.1 | 4.7 | 106.7 | |
| Apr | 85.7 | 6.0 | 39.1 | 130.7 | Apr | 91.1 | 9.2 | 4.7 | 105.0 | |
| Total | 360.6 | 19.5 | 157.0 | 537.1 | Total | 372.2 | 28.9 | 18.6 | 419.7 |
VAT returns do not require the yield from a particular sector or sub-sector of trade to be identified. The figures provided in this reply for monthly VAT receipts are estimates of the amount of VAT yield that would be generated by the volume of clearances of petrol and auto-diesel up to the end of each month. VAT returns can be made monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, half yearly or annually depending on the nature of the registration status of a trader, and this will dictate the point in time when VAT on sales will actually be paid.
It should also be noted that the VAT content of purchases of auto-diesel is a deductible credit for business in the Irish VAT system.
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