Ireland - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Ireland was 33,976,490,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 14 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 48,342,710,000 in 2007 and a minimum value of 13,930,290,000 in 1995.

Definition: Tax revenue refers to compulsory transfers to the central government for public purposes. Certain compulsory transfers such as fines, penalties, and most social security contributions are excluded. Refunds and corrections of erroneously collected tax revenue are treated as negative revenue.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year	Value
1995	13,930,290,000
1996	15,775,550,000
1997	18,109,820,000
1998	20,488,680,000
1999	23,755,150,000
2000	27,281,770,000
2001	28,262,430,000
2002	30,231,220,000
2003	33,074,170,000
2004	36,955,260,000
2005	40,741,480,000
2006	46,861,750,000
2007	48,342,710,000
2008	41,946,290,000
2009	33,976,490,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Ireland was 21.16 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 26.87 in 1996, while its lowest value was 21.16 in 2009.

Definition: Tax revenue refers to compulsory transfers to the central government for public purposes. Certain compulsory transfers such as fines, penalties, and most social security contributions are excluded. Refunds and corrections of erroneously collected tax revenue are treated as negative revenue.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

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Year	Value
1995	26.24
1996	26.87
1997	26.64
1998	26.08
1999	26.25
2000	25.77
2001	23.93
2002	23.02
2003	23.46
2004	24.55
2005	24.92
2006	26.28
2007	25.45
2008	23.30
2009	21.16

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance