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Thursday, 30 September 2010

10:30 am

Photo of Caoimhghín Ó CaoláinCaoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of indirect taxation in the State in comparison with both the EU average and other EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34067/10]

Photo of Brian Lenihan JnrBrian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Eurostat and European Commission publication "Taxation Trends in the European Union, 2010 edition", contains inter alia information on indirect taxes as a percentage of total taxation. Based on that publication the table below sets out the data on indirect taxes as a percentage of total taxation for each Member State and the EU weighted average for 2008, the most recent year for which data is provided.

It has to be recognised that the overall level, composition and structure of taxation vary considerably between Member States. In that regard it should be noted that in 2008 while indirect taxes, by EU definitions, accounted for 42.5% of total taxation in Ireland and 33.9% in the EU (weighted average), when expressed as a proportion of GDP indirect taxes represented 12.4% of GDP in Ireland compared to 13.4% in the EU (weighted average).

Indirect Taxes as Percentage of Total Taxation in 2008

Member States %

Belgium 29.6

Bulgaria 55.7

Czech Republic 31.4

Denmark 36.0

Germany 32.6

Estonia 38.7

Ireland 42.5

Greece 38.0

Spain 30.8

France 35.1

Italy 32.8

Cyprus 47.4

Latvia 38.3

Lithuania 39.5

Luxembourg 33.7

Hungary 39.6

Malta 43.6

Netherlands 32.4

Austria 33.7

Poland 42.0

Portugal 40.5

Romania 42.7

Slovenia 38.4

Slovakia 36.9

Finland 30.6

Sweden 39.1

United Kingdom 33.0

EU Weighted Average 33.9

Source: Eurostat and European Commission (Taxation and Custom Union) Taxation Trends in the European Union - 2010 Edition.

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