Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 July 2014
62. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an updated figure on the amount of tax raised by the sale of cigarettes in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28953/14]
View answerI am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the total tax raised on cigarettes for the period to end June 2014 is €465m, inclusive of VAT (receipts for 2014 are provisional and may be subject to revision)
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 category cannot therefore be determined with complete precision.
