St. Lucia - Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue)

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) in St. Lucia was 22.69 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 29.09 in 2001, while its lowest value was 21.41 in 2004.

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.

See also:

Year Value
2000 27.13
2001 29.09
2002 22.53
2003 21.53
2004 21.41
2005 24.03
2006 22.80
2007 24.78
2008 28.15
2009 28.40
2010 26.56
2011 28.80
2012 27.13
2013 25.27
2014 22.77
2015 22.70
2016 24.26
2017 22.69

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.

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance