Eoghan Murphy
Question:99. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of vehicle registration tax and value added tax collected from the sale of private motor vehicles in 2015. [11201/16]
View answerTuesday, 24 May 2016
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I am advised by Revenue that the VRT paid and estimated VAT in respect of both new and used private motor vehicles in 2015 is contained in the following table:
|
Vehicle Class |
|
2015 |
|
Cars |
Gross Registrations |
121,829 |
|
|
VRT € m |
389.2 |
|
|
VAT(Est) € m |
298.6 |
|
Car Derived Vans |
Gross Registrations |
2,030 |
|
|
VRT € m |
6.9 |
|
|
VAT(Est) € m |
3.6 |
|
Motor Cycles |
Gross Registrations |
2,925 |
|
|
VRT € m |
1.3 |
|
|
VAT(Est) € m |
4.0 |
|
Total Net Receipts € m |
703.6 |
|
|
VRT € m |
397.4 |
|
|
VAT(Est) € m |
306.2 |
It should be noted that the VAT receipts are estimated, as the VAT returns do not require the yield from a particular activity or sub-sector of trade to be identified and the actual VAT yield for each category cannot therefore be determined.