asked the Taoiseach if he will give particulars of direct and indirect taxes for 1965-6 in the form of a reply of 5th April, 1962; and if he will further give comparable figures or estimates of the proportion of national revenue at present derived from (a) direct and (b) indirect taxation in Great Britain and the chief countries of Western Europe.
Written Answers. - Direct and Indirect Taxes.
57.
The information requested by the Deputy is given in the following tables. The latest year for which data are available for the principal countries of Western Europe is 1963. For comparability the figures for Ireland in the second table are based on OECD concepts.
ESTIMATED taxation receipts of the Central Government (including extra-budgetary funds) as a percentage of Gross National Product at market prices, 1965/66.
|
Year |
Taxes on Income and Capital (including Social Insurance Contributions) |
Taxes on Expenditure |
Total Tax Receipts |
|
(per cent. of Gross National Product) |
|||
|
1965/66 |
8.3 |
13.7 |
22.0 |
CENTRAL Government taxation as a percentage of Gross National Product at current market prices, 1963.
|
Country |
Direct taxation |
Indirect taxation |
Total taxation |
|
% |
% |
% |
|
|
Ireland* |
5.9 |
12.9 |
18.8 |
|
Belgium |
7.4 |
11.9 |
19.3 |
|
France |
5.5 |
14.0 |
19.5 |
|
Germany (F.R.) |
4.1 |
9.5 |
13.6 |
|
Italy |
4.4 |
13.2 |
17.6 |
|
Netherlands |
12.1 |
9.5 |
21.6 |
|
Norway |
11.5 |
14.3 |
25.8 |
|
Sweden |
9.4 |
13.1 |
22.5 |
|
United Kingdom |
11.8 |
10.1 |
21.9 |
Sources: OECD General Statistics, January, 1965.
Economic Statistics, 1965.
National Income and Expenditure, 1963.
*Figures are based on OECD concepts which excludes emigrants' remittances from GNP and excludes taxes on capital and social insurance contributions from taxation.