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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 16 May 1989

Vol. 390 No. 1

Written Answers. - Tax Receipts.

86.

asked the Minister for Finance under various tax receipts projections for 1989 if there is an increased level of buoyancy in tax receipts from the figures received to date; the total of these revised projections; and the total per tax group.

Detailed comments on the progress of tax receipts are made in quarterly statements. In my press statement which accompanied the end-March Exchequer returns, I commented on the trend in tax receipts as follows:

Tax revenue in the first three months performed very satisfactorily, with a year-on-year increase of 10.5 per cent. Receipts were good under all tax headings, with those from indirect taxes doing particularly well.

On the basis of trends to date I see no reason to change the assessment that performance is satisfactory. A detailed analysis will be given when the end-June Exchequer returns are published at the beginning of July. On the matter of revised annual tax projections, it is not the practice to issue such during the year.

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