asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of turnover and value-added tax collected on the sale of alcoholic liquors in the financial year ended 31st March, 1972; and the amount of VAT collected from the same source in each of the financial years ended 31st March, 1973, 31st March, 1974 and 31st December, 1974.
Written Answers. - Alcoholic Liquors.
164.
Returns made by taxpayers for value-added tax purposes give only the totals, classified by rate, of turnover from all activities carried on by them and the appropriate tax. It is not possible, therefore, to extract separately the tax receipts attributable to sales of alcoholic liquors.
165.
asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of duty paid on alcoholic beverages for each of the financial years ended 31st March, 1973, 31st March, 1974 and 31st December, 1974.
The net receipts of customs and excise duties on alcoholic beverages for the periods referred to are as follows:
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£ million |
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Year ended: |
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31st March, 1973 |
75.7 |
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31st March, 1974 |
91.0 |
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Nine months ended: |
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31st December, 1974 |
72.5 |
These figures do not include receipts from value-added tax.