Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018
231. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on recent research available to his Department on the relative annual direct or indirect tax burden on each Irish household and member of the labour force and the trends in that burden since 2007-2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33518/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe trend in the direct (income tax and USC) and indirect tax (VAT and excise duty) take shows a fall from 2007 to 2010 for direct taxes, and to 2011 for indirect taxes, and then substantial rises thereafter in both taxes, reflecting the change in Ireland’s economic circumstances in these years. The direct tax take was €13.5 billion in 2007 falling to €11.5 billion in 2010 before rising to €23 billion in 2016. Indirect taxes went through a similar transformation from €20.5 billion to €14.5 billion and on to €18 billion in 2007, 2011 and 2016 respectively. These data are available on the Department of Finance's databank website.
Data from the Department of Finance's databank are used in combination with CSO census and labour force survey data on the number of households and the size of the labour force, to estimate the direct and indirect tax burdens per household, and per member of the labour force. Measures for households are available from the 2006, 2011 and 2016 census years.
The per household direct tax burden was €8,431 in 2006 and for the indirect tax it was €12,954. In 2011 the direct tax burden rose to €10,223 and for indirect it fell to €8,716. The direct tax burden then rebounded to €13,438 and for indirect tax it reached €10,652 in 2016.
A similar transition is observed when measured per member of the labour force. In 2007 the direct tax burden per member of the labour force was €5,806 and for indirect tax it was €8,698. For direct tax this reached its period low in 2010 at €5,005, while for indirect tax it reached a low of €6,463 in 2011. In 2016, for direct taxation this rose to €9,830, while for indirect taxation it rose to €7,792 that year.
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|
2006 |
2007 |
2010 |
2011 |
2016 |
|
Indirect tax per household |
€12,954 |
|
|
€8,716 |
€10,652 |
|
Direct tax per household |
€8,431 |
|
|
€10,223 |
€13,438 |
|
Indirect tax per member of the labour force |
€8,512 |
€8,698 |
€6,666 |
€6,463 |
€7,792 |
|
Direct tax per member of the labour force |
€5,540 |
€5,806 |
€5,005 |
€7,580 |
€9,830 |
|
No. of households |
1,469,521 |
|
|
1,654,208 |
1,702,289 |
|
Members of the labour force |
2,236,525 |
2,337,800 |
2,253,000 |
2,230,975 |
2,327,125 |
