asked the Minister for Finance how Ireland compares with other EEC countries on the proportion of tax paid as taxes on company profits in each of the last nine years.
Written Answers. - Company Profit Taxes.
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Information for the years 1973-1981, the latest for which such figures are available, is provided in the following table.
Taxes on Corporate income as a percentage of total tax revenue of General Government in the EEC countries, 1973-1981
|
1973 |
1974 |
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
|
|
Belgium |
8.0 |
7.8 |
7.4 |
6.8 |
6.2 |
6.0 |
6.2 |
5.7 |
n.a. |
|
Denmark |
3.2 |
3.3 |
3.1 |
3.8 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
2.8 |
|
France |
5.9 |
7.9 |
5.3 |
5.8 |
5.6 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
5.2 |
|
Germany |
5.3 |
4.9 |
4.4 |
4.6 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
6.1 |
5.5 |
5.0 |
|
Greece |
3.2 |
4.5 |
3.5 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
3.0 |
3.5 |
4.2 |
n.a. |
|
Ireland |
5.6 |
6.9 |
4.8 |
4.4 |
4.1 |
5.0 |
5.7 |
4.6 |
5.0 |
|
Italy |
7.1 |
5.4 |
6.3 |
6.7 |
7.0 |
9.2 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
n.a. |
|
Luxembourg |
17.0 |
21.3 |
15.5 |
17.1 |
18.7 |
21.4 |
18.4 |
16.5 |
15.1 |
|
Netherlands |
6.8 |
6.7 |
7.7 |
7.0 |
6.8 |
6.3 |
5.8 |
6.6 |
6.9 |
|
United Kingdom |
8.6 |
9.6 |
6.2 |
5.1 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
7.6 |
7.7 |
9.8 |
Notes: 1981 figures are provisional. The entry "n.a." indicates that figures are not available.
Source: Revenue Statistics of OECD Member Countries 1965-1981.