I assume that the Deputy is enquiring about the amounts of income tax paid as preliminary tax by self-assessed taxpayers over the period in question. On that basis I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the information requested is as follows.
Calendar year
|
Preliminary tax paid (income tax)
|
|
€ million
|
1999
|
627
|
2000
|
707
|
2001
|
674
|
2002
|
824
|
2003
|
866
|
2004
|
960
|
2005
|
1,057
|
2006
|
1,224
|
2007
|
1,251
|
2008
|
1,133
|
2009 (Budget estimate)
|
570
|
The 2001 income tax year was a short transitional tax "year" running from 6 April to 31 December 2001 which preceded the first full calendar tax year 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002. It should be noted that as self-employed taxpayers were assessed for tax for the short "year" on 74% of the profits earned in a 12 month accounting period, the tax figure shown for 2001 in the table will not be directly comparable with those of earlier or later years.