asked the Taoiseach if he will state for each of the years 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66 and 1966-67 (1) the amount of taxes on income for income tax, surtax and corporation profits tax; (2) the amount of social insurance contributions; (3) the total taxes accordingly on income; (4) the amount of taxes on capital; (5) the amount of taxes on expenditure under the headings (a) central government, (b) local government rates, (c) other and (d) total taxes on expenditure; (6) the grand total of taxation; (7) the gross national product; (8) taxation as expressed as a percentage of gross national product; (9) the increase in taxation over the previous year; (10) the increase in gross national product over the previous year; and (11) the percentage share of the increased gross national product absorbed by taxation.
Written Answers. - Taxation Statistics.
The data requested by the Deputy are given in the following table:
|
Category |
Unit |
1963-64 |
1964-65 |
1965-66 |
1966-67 |
|
(1) Income Tax, surtax, and corporation profits tax |
£ million |
47.9 |
56.3 |
64.2 |
73.4 |
|
(2) Social insurance contributions |
,, |
13.3 |
15.1 |
16.2 |
19.6 |
|
(3) Total taxes on income |
,, |
61.2 |
71.4 |
80.4 |
93.0 |
|
(4) Taxes on capital |
,, |
3.6 |
4.4 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
|
(5) Taxes on expenditure |
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|
(a) Central government |
,, |
104.9 |
125.8 |
136.6 |
155.4 |
|
(b) Local government rates |
,, |
25.1 |
26.8 |
30.5 |
32.8* |
|
(c) Other |
,, |
1.4 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
1.7† |
|
(d) Total taxes on expenditure |
,, |
131.4 |
154.1 |
168.7 |
189.9 |
|
(6) Grand total of taxation |
£ million |
196.2 |
229.9 |
253.8 |
287.5 |
|
(7) Gross national product |
,, |
836.3 |
951.8 |
1,018 |
1,065 |
|
(8) Taxation as a percentage of gross national product |
% |
23.5 |
24.2 |
24.9 |
27.0 |
|
(9) Increase in taxation over the previous year |
£ million |
22.7 |
33.7 |
23.9 |
33.7 |
|
(10) Increase in gross national product over the previous year |
,, |
56.0 |
115.5 |
66.2 |
47 |
|
(11) (9) as a percentage of (10) |
% |
40.5 |
29.2 |
36.1 |
71.7 |
*Rates leviable. The figure for rates collected is not yet available.
†Estimated.