Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.
Hi all, please see this major site announcement: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058427594/boards-ie-2026

Govt revenues and expenditure data - more accurate

  • 17-04-2012 02:25PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,968 ✭✭✭✭


    On many occasions it is said that the Govt collects 30-35 bn.

    This is incorrect.

    This is partly the Govt's fault, as they publish monthly Exchequer returns, but these do not give a full picture of the finances.

    One big difference is that the Exchequer Returns only include tax revenue, not PRSI.

    Also note that the Govt have some non-tax revenue.

    As a point of information, and to improve the debate, I would like to point out the actual data.

    See worksheet 21 of this CSO Excel file:

    http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/economy/2010/NIE1995-2010.xls


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,968 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    Here are the Govt's current and capital revenues.

    2005 = 51.1bn + 4.3bn = 55.434

    2006 = 57.7bn + 6.4bn = 63.988

    2007 = 60.3bn + 6.9bn = 67.208

    2008 = 56.8bn + 4.4bn = 61.138

    2009 = 49.7bn + 2.7bn = 52.384

    2010 = 48.8bn + 2.3bn = 51.105


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,968 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    http://www.finance.gov.ie/documents/guidelines/BESSept2011.pdf


    This DoF publication also gives more accurate data.

    NB: it soesn't seem to quite match the CSO data, which shows that there may be different definitions or accounting practices.


Advertisement
Advertisement