Written answers
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Department of Finance
Tax Yield
Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Finance the total payments to the Exchequer resulting from the carbon tax in each of the years since its introduction to date; if he will provide a breakdown of the energy sources, that is oil, gas and so on, from which tax revenues have been collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54933/12]
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the total payments to the Exchequer resulting from the introduction of Carbon Tax are shown in the tables below.
Carbon Tax | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 (10Mths) |
|---|---|---|---|
€m | €m | €m | |
| Auto Diesel | 98.41 | 97.53 | 107.17 |
| Petrol | 65.09 | 60.11 | 62.37 |
| Aviation Gasoline | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Kerosene | 16.99 | 40.52 | 28.54 |
| MGO | 27.03 | 48.95 | 44.16 |
| Fuel Oil | 1.57 | 2.33 | 1.86 |
| LPG (other) | 2.59 | 5.43 | 4.94 |
| Auto LPG | 0.04 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| Natural Gas | 11.32 | 43.13 | 37.47 |
| Total | 223.08 | 298.23 | 286.75 |
Value Added Tax | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 (10Mths) |
|---|---|---|---|
(Estimated) | €m | €m | €m |
| Auto Diesel | 2.07 | 2.05 | 2.46 |
| Petrol | 13.67 | 12.62 | 14.35 |
| Aviation Gasoline | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Kerosene | 2.29 | 5.47 | 3.85 |
| MGO | 3.65 | 6.61 | 5.96 |
| Fuel Oil | - | - | - |
| LPG (other) | 0.35 | 0.73 | 0.67 |
| Auto LPG | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Natural Gas | 0.92 | 3.49 | 3.04 |
| Total | 22.96 | 31.03 | 30.38 |
Please note that the VAT receipts are estimated, as the VAT returns do not require the yield from a particular sector or sub-sector of trade to be identified and the actual VAT yield for each category cannot therefore be determined.
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