Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 December 2016
180. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue that has been raised by commercial motor tax for each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date. [38501/16]
View answer182. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that has been lost in revenue by the introduction of cuts to commercial motor tax since budget 2015. [38503/16]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 180 and 182 together.
Gross motor tax receipts from goods vehicles for 2012 through to 2015 and to the end of November 2016 are shown in the following table:
|
Year |
Gross receipts (€) |
|
2012 |
146.3m |
|
2013 |
163.8m |
|
2014 |
176.6m |
|
2015 |
173.2m |
|
2016 (to 30 November) |
128.0m |
The motor tax rates for goods vehicles announced in Budget 2016 took effect for vehicle licences taken out with a commencement on or after 1 January 2016. The reduction in receipts for the eleven month period to the end of November 2016 was €36m, compared to the same period in 2015 when receipts from goods vehicles were €164m.
