Congo - Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Congo was 588,474,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 896,538,000,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 171,400,000,000 in 2002.

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
2001 185,800,000,000
2002 171,400,000,000
2003 175,700,000,000
2004 191,886,000,000
2005 199,441,000,000
2006 223,300,000,000
2007 253,381,000,000
2008 306,379,000,000
2009 376,062,000,000
2010 449,088,000,000
2011 598,653,000,000
2012 657,461,000,000
2013 764,964,000,000
2014 847,700,000,000
2015 896,538,000,000
2016 836,509,000,000
2017 732,442,000,000
2018 588,474,000,000

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance