Malaysia - Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Malaysia was 180,566,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 180,566,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 42,388,800,000 in 1999.

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
1996 49,168,000,000
1997 55,664,000,000
1998 47,387,000,000
1999 42,388,800,000
2000 48,709,000,000
2001 62,741,040,000
2002 66,859,000,000
2003 64,891,000,000
2004 72,051,000,000
2005 80,593,000,000
2006 86,630,340,000
2007 95,168,390,000
2008 112,897,000,000
2009 106,504,000,000
2010 109,515,000,000
2011 134,885,000,000
2012 151,643,000,000
2013 155,952,000,000
2014 164,205,000,000
2015 165,441,000,000
2016 169,343,000,000
2017 177,659,000,000
2018 174,059,000,000
2019 180,566,000,000

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