St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 542,370,000 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 542,370,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 118,500,000 in 1990.

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
1990 118,500,000
1991 134,700,000
1992 138,700,000
1993 144,600,000
1994 154,500,000
1995 164,000,000
1996 178,600,000
1997 193,100,000
1998 213,600,000
1999 218,300,000
2000 227,614,000
2001 241,570,000
2002 272,830,000
2003 272,532,000
2004 290,903,000
2005 308,858,000
2006 361,708,700
2007 402,587,700
2008 447,955,500
2009 432,608,200
2010 421,473,700
2011 412,138,500
2012 430,578,000
2013 420,634,000
2014 468,320,000
2015 481,220,000
2016 535,410,000
2017 542,370,000

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