Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 February 2021
163. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue generated from VAT, mineral oil tax and carbon tax on liquid fuel in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9464/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am advised by Revenue that receipts for Mineral Oil Tax (MOT) and carbon tax on liquid fuels for the years up to year 2019 are published on the Revenue website at:
https://www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/documents/statistics/excise/net-receipts-by-commodity.pdf
The provisional receipts from MOT and carbon tax for 2020 are shown in the table below.
|
Mineral Oil Tax |
Carbon Tax |
|
|
2020 €m |
2020 €m |
|
|
Petrol |
424.7 |
46.1 |
|
Aviation Gasoline |
0.5 |
0.06 |
|
Auto -diesel |
1,351.6 |
212.6 |
|
Marked Gas Oil |
37.5 |
65.3 |
|
Kerosene |
0.0 |
68.2 |
|
Fuel Oil |
0.6 |
1.3 |
|
LPG (Other) |
0.0 |
11.2 |
|
Auto LPG |
0.1 |
0.04 |
Regarding the VAT generated from liquid fuels, I am advised by Revenue that taxpayers are not required to separately identify the yield generated from a particular activity or product type on their VAT returns. However, using a combination of Revenue and third-party data, an estimate of the VAT yield across each of the different commodities types is provided below.
|
2019 €m |
2020 €m |
|
|
Petrol |
276.4 |
195.9 |
|
Aviation Gasoline |
0.2 |
0.2 |
|
Auto -diesel |
298.5 |
187.0 |
|
Marked Gas Oil |
52.2 |
47.6 |
|
Kerosene |
85.7 |
73.5 |
|
Fuel Oil |
53.2 |
60.5 |
|
LPG (Other) |
9.1 |
10.6 |
|
Auto LPG |
0.4 |
0.3 |
