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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 31 Jan 1989

Vol. 386 No. 3

Written Answers. - Tax Amnesty.

28.

asked the Minister for Finance, in relation to sums recovered in the tax amnesty, the approximate proportion of the money which related to (a) income tax (b) VAT (c) social insurance contributions (d) capital taxes (e) corporation taxes (f) stamp duties and (g) other forms of taxation.

The tax amnesty applied to arrears of income tax, PAYE, PRSI, levies, VAT, corporation tax and capital gains tax. The following is the estimated breakdown, in so far as it is available, of the revenue which was received by the Revenue Commissioners in 1988 on foot of the tax amnesty and related factors:

£m

Income Tax (excl. PAYE)

189

PAYE

76

Corporation Tax

48

PRSI

35

VAT

78

Capital Gains Tax

18

Levies

52

Total

496

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