South Africa - Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (current LCU)

The value for Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (current LCU) in South Africa was 772,681,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 772,681,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,806,000,000 in 1972.

Definition: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.

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

Year Value
1972 1,806,000,000
1973 2,401,000,000
1974 3,061,000,000
1975 3,543,000,000
1976 3,879,000,000
1977 4,299,000,000
1978 4,749,000,000
1979 5,761,000,000
1980 8,042,000,000
1981 8,559,000,000
1982 10,056,000,000
1983 11,523,000,000
1984 13,851,000,000
1985 17,513,000,000
1986 19,692,000,000
1987 22,199,000,000
1988 26,734,000,000
1989 33,926,000,000
1990 38,725,000,000
1991 45,065,000,000
1992 46,283,000,000
1993 50,912,000,000
1994 58,268,000,000
1995 68,317,000,000
1996 82,852,000,000
1997 95,003,800,000
1998 108,381,000,000
1999 116,149,000,000
2000 126,145,000,000
2001 147,311,000,000
2002 164,566,000,000
2003 171,963,000,000
2004 195,219,000,000
2005 230,804,000,000
2006 279,990,000,000
2007 332,058,000,000
2008 383,483,000,000
2009 359,045,000,000
2010 379,941,000,000
2011 426,584,000,000
2012 457,317,000,000
2013 507,759,000,000
2014 561,790,000,000
2015 606,821,000,000
2016 664,526,000,000
2017 711,703,000,000
2018 738,741,000,000
2019 772,681,000,000

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