Written answers
Tuesday, 7 July 2015
Department of Finance
Tax Collection
Derek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)
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122. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of corporation tax collected in each of the past ten years; the percentage size it represents of the entire tax-take; if he will provide an indication of the concentration of corporate tax payment in larger payers; the percentage paid by non-Irish companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27115/15]
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the amount of Corporation Tax collected in each of the past ten years, the percentage it represents of the entire tax take and the estimated share of Corporation Tax liabilities from foreign owned multinational companies is set out in the following table.
Year | Corporation Tax Receipts (€ million) | Corporation Tax as % of Total Tax Receipts | % of Corporation Tax Liabilities from Foreign Multinationals |
---|---|---|---|
2005 | 5,503.2 | 13.9 | N/A |
2006 | 6,684.6 | 14.7 | N/A |
2007 | 6,393.4 | 13.5 | N/A |
2008 | 5,071.5 | 12.3 | N/A |
2009 | 3,889.5 | 11.7 | N/A |
2010 | 3,943.6 | 12.4 | 51 |
2011 | 3,500.4 | 10.2 | 63 |
2012 | 4,215.0 | 11.5 | 76 |
2013 | 4,270.0 | 11.3 | 69 |
2014 | 4,617.0 | 11.2 | N/A |
In relation to the concentration of payments, aside from those of foreign owned multinationals shown above, the Deputy may be interested to note the comprehensive analysis on this subject published as part of the Budget 2015 documentation - www.budget.gov.ie/Budgets/2015/Documents/Corporation Tax Context Concentration Corporation Tax Payments Revenue.pdf.
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