Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 December 2015
548. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of annual motor tax revenue spent on the administration and transaction costs involved in levying the tax. [42560/15]
View answerMotor tax can be paid online or by post or in person in 26 local authority areas. Some 67% of vehicle owners now tax online. The annual cost of maintaining the National Vehicle and Driver File, including the online system and the technological facilitation of the collection of motor tax in local authorities, is €12.5m. The cost of administering the service via the network of motor tax offices is €41m annually. Annual gross receipts from motor tax were €1.159 bn in 2014. Costs, therefore, represented 4.6 % of total receipts.
