Motor Tax Collection

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 January 2018

Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Ceisteanna (508)

Michael McGrath

Ceist:

508. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of motor tax collected for private car CO2 broken down by each tax band between 2013 and 2017, inclusive; the number of private cars on which motor tax was collected by each tax band between 2013 and 2017, inclusive; the extra amount of motor tax collected for private car CO2 as a result of motor tax having been paid biannually by each tax band between 2013 and 2017, inclusive; the number of private cars on which motor tax was collected biannually by each tax band between 2013 and 2017, inclusive; the extra amount of motor tax collected for private car CO2 as a result of motor tax having been paid quarterly by each tax band between 2013 and 2017, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3480/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

The following was received on 13 February 2018

understand that the data requested is in respect of both private vehicles taxed on carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and private vehicles taxed on engine capacity.

Total receipts for motor tax for private vehicles (excluding payments of arrears) is set out below by tax band for the years 2013 to 2017 inclusive.

Total motor tax receipts for private vehicles 2013 - 2017

Engine capacity band (c.c.)	2013* €	2014 €	2015 €	2016 €	2017 €
Not over 1,000	23,585,044	22,738,602	21,004,858	18,588,612	15,819,011
1,001 to 1,100	1,763,086	1,713,286	1,611,521	1,494,922	1,338,771
1,101 to 1,200	27,600,335	26,491,698	24,426,132	21,712,779	18,446,364
1,201 to 1,300	35,545,367	33,646,084	30,593,071	26,814,972	23,035,487
1,301 to 1,400	150,131,234	144,686,195	134,340,079	120,526,609	105,236,884
1,401 to 1,500	22,039,827	21,444,248	20,058,042	18,054,779	15,811,986
1,501 to 1,600	120,528,240	116,633,388	108,804,784	98,545,732	87,765,722
1,601 to 1,700	3,192,790	3,117,474	2,924,146	2,562,451	2,192,790
1,701 to 1,800	56,752,066	53,915,831	49,050,485	43,161,570	36,883,654
1,801 to 1,900	82,310,197	80,248,273	73,717,250	64,057,748	53,780,263
1,901 to 2,000	113,391,426	108,820,666	98,597,878	86,205,028	73,575,236
2,001 to 2,100	344,642	323,904	290,870	239,974	187,959
2,101 to 2,200	18,663,398	18,105,289	16,468,485	14,436,803	12,362,971
2,201 to 2,300	6,490,922	6,452,164	6,060,526	5,474,328	4,753,377
2,301 to 2,400	3,232,937	2,921,297	2,563,807	2,269,880	1,943,441
2,401 to 2,500	18,375,182	17,216,767	15,274,918	13,116,713	11,128,180
2,501 to 2,600	1,751,382	1,636,363	1,421,961	1,246,729	1,022,857
2,601 to 2,700	4,232,298	3,655,280	2,877,729	2,198,461	1,655,794
2,701 to 2,800	5,708,905	5,223,947	4,395,715	3,669,394	3,282,003
2,801 to 2,900	306,820	229,742	154,888	108,334	76,709
2,901 to 3,000	23,809,528	21,527,945	17,734,145	15,028,745	12,909,621
3,001 or more	16,083,330	14,294,705	11,934,260	10,123,138	8,800,912
Electrical	4,647	5,058	6,978	6,723	8,238
Total	735,843,603	705,048,206	644,312,528	569,644,424	492,018,230

* includes some transactions paid at 2012 motor tax rates.

CO 2 Band	2013* €	2014 €	2015 €	2016 €	2017 €
A0	35,584	59,769	125,958	193,029	326,997
A1	10,476	38,970	180,280	498,390	919,964
A2	2,175,030	5,749,353	10,726,806	17,376,707	23,827,824
A3	6,180,705	10,767,933	18,149,052	27,732,238	37,490,101
A4	28,278,211	35,664,872	42,233,421	52,187,784	62,577,286
B1	22,690,439	28,211,130	33,963,764	41,014,706	48,626,006
B2	41,863,760	48,816,437	54,452,806	58,555,212	63,942,934
C	30,234,312	34,033,782	36,822,830	39,658,192	43,010,804
D	17,186,439	18,802,147	19,958,643	20,746,119	22,068,494
E	9,272,616	9,923,331	10,528,646	11,055,702	11,942,957
F	6,047,795	6,713,865	6,848,580	6,810,957	7,025,574
G	1,701,523	1,704,592	1,656,757	1,612,247	1,746,252
Total	165,676,890	200,486,181	235,647,543	277,441,283	323,505,193

* includes some transactions paid at 2012 motor tax rates.

My Department compiles statistics on the number of motor tax discs issued, rather than the number of vehicles taxed. As motor tax can be paid annually, half-yearly or quarterly, many motorists will tax their vehicles more than once during a given year. The number of motor tax discs issued for the years 2013 to 2017 are set out in the tables below, by annual, half-yearly and quarterly transactions.

Number of discs for private vehicles 2017

Engine capacity band (c.c.)	Annual discs	Half-yearly discs	Quarterly discs	Total
Not over 1,000	37,897	24,818	99,063	161,778
1,001 to 1,100	1,674	1,649	6,740	10,063
1,101 to 1,200	17,878	18,757	98,001	134,636
1,201 to 1,300	23,934	22,125	99,865	145,924
1,301 to 1,400	96,124	85,848	462,440	644,412
1,401 to 1,500	11,581	13,577	68,275	93,433
1,501 to 1,600	45,728	53,390	338,244	437,362
1,601 to 1,700	1,088	1,147	8,207	10,442
1,701 to 1,800	17,153	17,480	110,734	145,367
1,801 to 1,900	17,471	24,730	172,621	214,822
1,901 to 2,000	26,282	29,464	216,531	272,277
2,001 to 2,100	48	78	413	539
2,101 to 2,200	3,747	3,894	25,177	32,818
2,201 to 2,300	1,333	1,425	9,440	12,198
2,301 to 2,400	679	711	2,856	4,246
2,401 to 2,500	3,315	3,120	18,620	25,055
2,501 to 2,600	255	264	1,379	1,898
2,601 to 2,700	347	366	2,417	3,130
2,701 to 2,800	913	957	3,248	5,118
2,801 to 2,900	18	10	105	133
2,901 to 3,000	3,587	2,855	12,284	18,726
3,001 or more	2,262	1,609	6,057	9,928
Electrical	67	3	0	70
Total	313,381	308,277	1,762,717	2,384,375

CO 2 Band	Annual discs	Half-yearly discs	Quarterly discs	Total
A0	2,420	275	559	3,254
A1	4,703	661	1,215	6,579
A2	107,297	24,036	42,696	174,029
A3	157,929	36,367	69,152	263,448
A4	241,215	59,954	137,132	438,301
B1	126,893	46,796	97,267	270,956
B2	151,388	62,985	149,261	363,634
C	61,098	33,959	107,704	202,761
D	19,828	11,622	44,062	75,512
E	8,735	4,638	16,409	29,782
F	3,246	2,143	5,024	10,413
G	450	276	496	1,222
Total	885,202	283,712	670,977	1,839,891

Number of discs for private vehicles 2016

Engine capacity band (c.c.)	Annual discs	Half-yearly discs	Quarterly discs	Total
Not over 1,000	45,264	28,626	114,861	188,751
1,001 to 1,100	1,949	1,815	7,294	11,058
1,101 to 1,200	21,865	22,343	111,920	156,128
1,201 to 1,300	28,254	25,580	115,200	169,034
1,301 to 1,400	113,650	97,455	518,643	729,748
1,401 to 1,500	13,838	15,289	76,194	105,321
1,501 to 1,600	54,118	61,023	367,845	482,986
1,601 to 1,700	1,306	1,362	9,425	12,093
1,701 to 1,800	20,964	21,078	125,190	167,232
1,801 to 1,900	22,427	30,529	197,774	250,730
1,901 to 2,000	32,927	35,557	244,087	312,571
2,001 to 2,100	76	94	486	656
2,101 to 2,200	4,710	4,699	27,915	37,324
2,201 to 2,300	1,663	1,726	10,251	13,640
2,301 to 2,400	836	844	3,157	4,837
2,401 to 2,500	4,201	3,717	20,830	28,748
2,501 to 2,600	350	308	1,569	2,227
2,601 to 2,700	462	501	3,175	4,138
2,701 to 2,800	1,118	996	3,432	5,546
2,801 to 2,900	27	16	139	182
2,901 to 3,000	4,457	3,289	13,373	21,119
3,001 or more	2,674	1,878	6,658	11,210
Electrical	53	3	5	61
Total	377,189	358,728	1,979,423	2,715,340

CO 2 Band	Annual discs	Half-yearly discs	Quarterly discs	Total
A0	1,451	148	277	1,876
A1	2,506	439	648	3,593
A2	80,835	16,393	24,070	121,298
A3	119,333	26,276	43,396	189,005
A4	207,784	46,872	96,932	351,588
B1	110,515	37,668	73,199	221,382
B2	145,822	53,990	118,438	318,250
C	59,713	30,352	89,219	179,284
D	20,032	10,515	37,299	67,846
E	8,534	4,200	13,782	26,516
F	3,365	2,011	4,229	9,605
G	443	225	419	1,087
Total	760,333	229,089	501,908	1,491,330

Number of discs for private vehicles 2015

Engine capacity band (c.c.)	Annual discs	Half-yearly discs	Quarterly discs	Total
Not over 1,000	52,296	31,915	126,559	210,770
1,001 to 1,100	2,224	1,865	7,605	11,694
1,101 to 1,200	25,807	24,944	121,990	172,741
1,201 to 1,300	32,862	28,443	130,661	191,966
1,301 to 1,400	131,503	107,792	562,516	801,811
1,401 to 1,500	16,093	16,761	82,529	115,383
1,501 to 1,600	63,451	68,528	390,762	522,741
1,601 to 1,700	1,569	1,579	10,427	13,575
1,701 to 1,800	25,104	24,233	137,175	186,512
1,801 to 1,900	28,180	35,720	218,045	281,945
1,901 to 2,000	40,558	42,017	266,235	348,810
2,001 to 2,100	102	119	544	765
2,101 to 2,200	5,811	5,384	30,242	41,437
2,201 to 2,300	1,978	1,934	10,817	14,729
2,301 to 2,400	984	963	3,406	5,353
2,401 to 2,500	5,068	4,492	23,314	32,874
2,501 to 2,600	411	374	1,703	2,488
2,601 to 2,700	607	732	3,998	5,337
2,701 to 2,800	1,405	1,210	3,845	6,460
2,801 to 2,900	32	26	216	274
2,901 to 3,000	5,407	4,059	14,908	24,374
3,001 or more	3,309	2,139	7,442	12,890
Electrical	51	4	18	73
Total	444,812	405,233	2,154,957	3,005,002

CO 2 Band	Annual discs	Half-yearly discs	Quarterly discs	Total
A0	949	101	164	1,214
A1	936	148	151	1,235
A2	50,470	10,094	12,858	73,422
A3	79,037	16,443	26,519	121,999
A4	171,372	35,931	70,905	278,208
B1	93,885	29,898	54,737	178,520
B2	141,189	46,944	96,754	284,887
C	58,068	27,375	75,121	160,564
D	20,369	10,039	32,149	62,557
E	8,575	3,976	11,580	24,131
F	3,613	1,895	3,690	9,198
G	458	226	431	1,115
Total	628,921	183,070	385,059	1,197,050

Number of discs for private vehicles 2014

Engine capacity band (c.c.)	Annual discs	Half-yearly discs	Quarterly discs	Total
Not over 1,000	57,326	34,568	134,433	226,327
1,001 to 1,100	2,450	2,004	7,739	12,193
1,101 to 1,200	29,323	26,951	127,775	184,049
1,201 to 1,300	36,337	31,687	142,212	210,236
1,301 to 1,400	146,513	116,054	588,511	851,078
1,401 to 1,500	18,149	17,883	84,944	120,976
1,501 to 1,600	72,137	74,937	401,365	548,439
1,601 to 1,700	1,699	1,721	10,949	14,369
1,701 to 1,800	29,174	26,748	144,949	200,871
1,801 to 1,900	33,463	39,768	225,759	298,990
1,901 to 2,000	47,722	48,559	279,029	375,310
2,001 to 2,100	120	132	584	836
2,101 to 2,200	6,626	6,413	31,434	44,473
2,201 to 2,300	2,217	2,206	10,832	15,255
2,301 to 2,400	1,200	1,085	3,626	5,911
2,401 to 2,500	5,851	5,348	25,227	36,426
2,501 to 2,600	504	444	1,823	2,771
2,601 to 2,700	822	966	4,826	6,614
2,701 to 2,800	1,793	1,405	4,197	7,395
2,801 to 2,900	40	39	346	425
2,901 to 3,000	6,876	4,977	16,894	28,747
3,001 or more	4,079	2,613	8,405	15,097
Electrical	35	11	4	50
Total	504,456	446,519	2,255,863	3,206,838

CO 2 Band	Annual discs	Half-yearly discs	Quarterly discs	Total
A0	456	45	63	564
A1	212	23	16	251
A2	27,010	5,697	6,471	39,178
A3	47,241	9,592	14,811	71,644
A4	147,609	29,304	51,613	228,526
B1	79,810	24,078	40,458	144,346
B2	130,929	39,831	75,728	246,488
C	56,008	24,497	62,721	143,226
D	20,105	9,356	27,241	56,702
E	8,415	3,662	9,899	21,976
F	3,682	1,800	3,235	8,717
G	453	260	454	1,167
Total	521,930	148,145	292,710	962,785

Number of discs for private vehicles 2013

Engine capacity band (c.c.)	Annual discs	Half-yearly discs	Quarterly discs	Total
Not over 1,000	61,566	35,525	132,624	229,715
1,001 to 1,100	2,631	1,980	7,736	12,347
1,101 to 1,200	32,667	28,098	125,592	186,357
1,201 to 1,300	39,945	32,767	146,134	218,846
1,301 to 1,400	160,672	120,623	579,517	860,812
1,401 to 1,500	20,445	18,057	81,574	120,076
1,501 to 1,600	81,793	78,914	386,236	546,943
1,601 to 1,700	1,852	1,875	10,596	14,323
1,701 to 1,800	33,326	28,275	143,058	204,659
1,801 to 1,900	38,389	42,066	214,686	295,141
1,901 to 2,000	55,098	53,089	266,817	375,004
2,001 to 2,100	148	137	556	841
2,101 to 2,200	7,475	6,703	29,937	44,115
2,201 to 2,300	2,440	2,222	10,149	14,811
2,301 to 2,400	1,367	1,183	3,911	6,461
2,401 to 2,500	6,691	5,961	24,851	37,503
2,501 to 2,600	554	507	1,837	2,898
2,601 to 2,700	1,035	1,209	5,115	7,359
2,701 to 2,800	2,076	1,548	4,149	7,773
2,801 to 2,900	51	57	461	569
2,901 to 3,000	8,024	5,418	17,374	30,816
3,001 or more	4,794	2,824	8,963	16,581
Electrical	28	16	7	51
Total	563,067	469,054	2,201,880	3,234,001

CO 2 Band	Annual discs	Half-yearly discs	Quarterly discs	Total
A0	244	34	46	324
A1	58	4	5	67
A2	10,245	2,120	2,421	14,786
A3	27,230	5,613	7,880	40,723
A4	119,629	21,973	34,168	175,770
B1	66,132	18,597	27,230	111,959
B2	117,257	31,374	52,770	201,401
C	52,935	20,125	47,686	120,746
D	19,573	8,293	21,189	49,055
E	8,342	3,400	7,595	19,337
F	3,387	1,632	2,645	7,664
G	493	238	351	1,082
Total	425,525	113,403	203,986	742,914

The rates applying to half-yearly and quarterly motor tax discs are 55.5% and 28.25% of the annual charge, respectively. Motor tax receipts from the difference between these rates and a pro-rata rate of 50% and 25% respectively are set out below.

Difference for half-yearly receipts

Engine capacity band (c.c.)	2013 €	2014 €	2015 €	2016 €	2017 €
Not over 1,000	355,288	380,248	351,065	314,886	272,998
1,001 to 1,100	29,704	32,064	29,840	29,040	26,384
1,101 to 1,200	477,694	485,118	448,992	402,174	337,626
1,201 to 1,300	589,845	602,053	540,417	486,020	420,375
1,301 to 1,400	2,292,127	2,437,134	2,263,632	2,046,555	1,802,808
1,401 to 1,500	379,243	411,309	385,503	351,647	312,271
1,501 to 1,600	2,051,944	2,098,236	1,918,784	1,708,644	1,494,920
1,601 to 1,700	50,629	49,909	45,791	39,498	33,263
1,701 to 1,800	904,862	909,432	823,922	716,652	594,320
1,801 to 1,900	1,430,391	1,471,416	1,321,640	1,129,573	915,010
1,901 to 2,000	1,911,441	1,893,801	1,638,663	1,386,723	1,149,096
2,001 to 2,100	6,302	6,468	5,831	4,606	3,822
2,101 to 2,200	328,459	333,476	279,968	244,348	202,488
2,201 to 2,300	113,334	119,124	104,436	93,204	76,950
2,301 to 2,400	61,520	60,760	53,928	47,264	39,816
2,401 to 2,500	327,887	315,532	265,028	219,303	184,080
2,501 to 2,600	33,462	31,524	26,554	21,868	18,744
2,601 to 2,700	83,426	71,484	54,168	37,074	27,084
2,701 to 2,800	109,908	108,185	93,170	76,692	73,689
2,801 to 2,900	4,161	3,081	2,054	1,264	790
2,901 to 3,000	411,792	408,114	332,838	269,698	234,110
3,001 or more	262,674	258,687	211,761	185,922	159,291
Electrical	144	66	24	18	18
Total	12,216,237	12,487,221	11,198,009	9,812,673	8,379,953

CO 2 Band	2013 €	2014 €	2015 €	2016 €	2017 €
A0	254	270	606	888	1,650
A1	32	207	1,332	3,951	5,949
A2	16,960	51,273	90,846	147,537	216,324
A3	44,904	95,920	164,430	262,760	363,670
A4	175,784	322,344	395,241	515,592	659,494
B1	223,206	337,092	418,572	527,352	655,144
B2	376,488	597,465	704,160	809,850	944,775
C	362,295	514,437	574,875	637,392	713,139
D	215,658	290,036	311,209	325,965	360,282
E	125,820	150,142	163,016	172,200	190,158
F	101,192	118,800	125,070	132,726	141,438
G	29,512	33,540	29,154	29,025	35,604
Total	1,672,105	2,511,526	2,978,511	3,565,238	4,287,627

Difference for quarterly receipts

Engine capacity band (c.c.)	2013 €	2014 €	2015 €	2016 €	2017 €
Not over 1,000	795,863	941,031	885,913	804,027	693,441
1,001 to 1,100	69,631	77,390	76,050	72,940	67,400
1,101 to 1,200	1,256,038	1,405,525	1,341,890	1,231,120	1,078,011
1,201 to 1,300	1,607,620	1,706,544	1,567,932	1,382,400	1,198,380
1,301 to 1,400	6,954,204	7,062,132	6,750,192	6,223,716	5,549,280
1,401 to 1,500	978,987	1,104,272	1,072,877	990,522	887,575
1,501 to 1,600	6,180,162	6,823,205	6,642,954	6,253,365	5,750,148
1,601 to 1,700	169,549	186,133	177,259	160,225	139,519
1,701 to 1,800	2,718,258	2,898,980	2,743,500	2,503,800	2,214,680
1,801 to 1,900	4,294,166	4,966,698	4,796,990	4,351,028	3,797,662
1,901 to 2,000	5,603,701	6,417,667	6,123,405	5,614,001	4,980,213
2,001 to 2,100	15,568	16,936	15,776	14,094	11,977
2,101 to 2,200	868,223	974,454	937,502	865,365	780,487
2,201 to 2,300	304,490	346,624	346,144	328,032	302,080
2,301 to 2,400	121,253	123,284	115,804	107,338	97,104
2,401 to 2,500	795,301	882,945	815,990	729,050	651,700
2,501 to 2,600	71,646	76,566	71,526	65,898	57,918
2,601 to 2,700	209,725	207,518	171,914	136,525	103,931
2,701 to 2,800	174,267	188,865	173,025	154,440	146,160
2,801 to 2,900	20,284	16,262	10,152	6,533	4,935
2,901 to 3,000	781,898	827,806	730,492	655,277	601,916
3,001 or more	493,017	495,895	439,078	392,822	357,363
Electrical	35	12	54	15	0
Total	34,483,886	37,746,744	36,006,419	33,042,533	29,471,880

CO 2 Band	2013 €	2014 €	2015 €	2016 €	2017 €
A0	226	189	492	831	1,677
A1	25	96	906	3,888	7,290
A2	12,105	32,355	64,290	120,350	213,480
A3	39,400	88,866	159,114	260,376	414,912
A4	170,840	309,678	425,430	581,592	822,792
B1	190,676	364,122	492,633	658,791	875,403
B2	369,390	681,552	870,786	1,065,942	1,343,349
C	524,584	815,373	976,573	1,159,847	1,400,152
D	317,891	517,579	610,831	708,681	837,178
E	167,094	237,576	277,920	330,768	393,816
F	95,223	126,165	143,910	164,931	195,936
G	25,623	34,504	32,756	31,844	37,696
Total	1,913,077	3,208,055	4,055,641	5,087,841	6,543,681