Alan Shatter
Ceist:378 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Finance the proportion of the total price of a packet of twenty cigarettes taxed in each of the years 1969, 1979, 1989, 1998 and 1999. [17580/99]
Vol. 508 No. 1
378 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Finance the proportion of the total price of a packet of twenty cigarettes taxed in each of the years 1969, 1979, 1989, 1998 and 1999. [17580/99]
I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the price, total tax content and tax as a percentage of the price of a packet of 20 cigarettes for the years 1969, 1979, 1989, 1998 and 1999 are as follows:
Year |
Type |
Price £ |
Total Tax £ |
Tax as % of Price |
1969 |
Plain |
0.275 |
0.207 |
75.3 |
1969 |
Tipped |
0.242 |
0.162 |
66.9 |
1979 |
0.52 |
0.334 |
64.2 |
|
1989 |
1.99 |
1.482 |
74.5 |
|
1998 |
3.09 |
2.378 |
77.0 |
|
1999 |
3.19 |
2.445 |
76.7 |