Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 April 2012
190 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the tax take on fuel both as an overall percentage of total State revenues and in actual monetary terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18919/12]
View answerI am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the breakdown of taxes of fuels for 2011 was approximately €3178.2 million, which equates to 9.3% of the overall exchequer return receipts at the end of 2011.
|
2011 |
Excise |
Carbon |
Est VAT |
Total |
|
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
|
|
Auto diesel |
1078.3 |
97.5 |
62.0 |
1237.8 |
|
Petrol |
992.6 |
60.1 |
459.0 |
1511.7 |
|
Kerosene |
0 |
40.5 |
64.7 |
105.3 |
|
MGO |
50.6 |
48.9 |
97.7 |
197.2 |
|
Fuel Oil |
1.26 |
2.3 |
0.0 |
3.6 |
|
LPG (other) |
0 |
5.4 |
11.8 |
17.3 |
|
Auto LPG |
0.03 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
|
Natural Gas |
0 |
43.1 |
61.3 |
104.5 |
|
Total |
2122.8 |
298.2 |
757.2 |
3178.2 |
Please note that the VAT receipts are estimated, as the VAT returns do not require the yield from a particular sector or sub-sector of trade to be identified and the actual VAT yield for each year on petroleum and auto diesel products cannot therefore be provided.
