asked the Minister for Finance the approximate annual revenue obtainable if (a) car tax were now operating at the level of 1977; (b) domestic rates were operating at the level of 1977.
Written Answers. - Car Tax and Domestic Rates.
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(a) If motor vehicle duties — that is to say — road tax were operating in 1979 on the same basis as applied prior to 1 August, 1977 the additional yield from the duties this year would be of the order of £31 million; (b) If the 1977 rates in the £ were applied to the 1979 domestic valuations the yield would be approximately £74 million.