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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 January 2013

Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Questions (203)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail the total tax take as a percentage of GNP from 1992 to 2012. [1895/13]

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Written answers

As the Deputy may be aware the Department of Finance has a publicly available databank on its website with comprehensive tax data where this information can be found (http://databank.finance.gov.ie/). Similarly GNP data can be found on the CSO website (www.cso.ie). The estimate for 2012 GNP is taken from the Budget 2013 publication and is rounded to the nearest €25 million.

The information requested by the Deputy is provided.

Year

Total Tax (€m)

GNP

Total Tax as % of GNP

€ Million

€ Million

%

1992

€11,314

€35,998

31.4%

1993

€12,322

€38,943

31.6%

1994

€13,758

€42,146

32.6%

1995

€14,392

€47,634

30.2%

1996

€15,897

€52,027

30.6%

1997

€18,124

€59,660

30.4%

1998

€20,480

€68,739

29.8%

1999

€23,565

€77,133

30.6%

2000

€27,072

€90,287

30.0%

2001

€27,925

€98,668

28.3%

2002

€29,294

€107,182

27.3%

2003

€32,103

€119,103

27.0%

2004

€35,581

€127,316

27.9%

2005

€39,254

€138,776

28.3%

2006

€45,539

€154,465

29.5%

2007

€47,249

€162,209

29.1%

2008

€40,777

€153,565

26.6%

2009

€33,043

€132,911

24.9%

2010

€31,753

€130,202

24.4%

2011

€34,027

€127,016

*

26.8%

2012

€36,646**

€130,850

***

28.0%

Rounding may affect totals

*2011 GNP figure is based on a preliminary outturn

**2012 Tax outturn are provisional unaudited figures

***2012 GNP figure is taken from Budget 2013 forecasts

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