Written answers
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Department of Finance
Corporation Tax
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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234. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross and net corporate tax receipts in each of the years 2008 to 2017. [1613/18]
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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235. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest payments paid to corporate taxpayers in respect of overpaid corporate tax in each of the years 2008 to 2017. [1614/18]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 and 235 together.
I am informed by Revenue that the gross and net Corporation Tax receipts for the years 2008 to 2017 are shown in the following table. Figures for 2017 are provisional and likely to be updated on publication of Revenue’s Annual Report for the year 2017. These figures can also be accessed on the Revenue website atfor recent years and also at for earlier years.
Year | Gross Corporation Tax | Net Corporation Tax |
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€m | €m | |
2008 | 6,046 | 5,072 |
2009 | 5,335 | 3,890 |
2010 | 4,920 | 3,944 |
2011 | 4,449 | 3,500 |
2012 | 5,027 | 4,215 |
2013 | 4,978 | 4,270 |
2014 | 5,300 | 4,617 |
2015 | 7,657 | 6,873 |
2016 | 8,206 | 7,352 |
2017(p) | 9,349 | 8,202 |
Regarding Question No. 235, Revenue has advised me that the following table sets out the number and value of interest payments made to corporate taxpayers on foot of overpayments for the years 2008 to 2017 inclusive.
Year | Number of Repayments | Interest Paid €m |
---|---|---|
2008 | 93 | 0.22 |
2009 | 105 | 0.62 |
2010 | 56 | 0.05 |
2011 | 17 | 0.73 |
2012 | 9 | 0.38 |
2013 | 6 | 1.00 |
2014 | 5 | 0.02 |
2015 | 11 | 0.53 |
2016 | 5 | 0.01 |
2017 | 4 | 0.02 |
Total | 311 | 3.58 |
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