§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the percentage of Government revenue contributed by the corporate sector in each of the EEC states, distinguishing between company and corporation taxes, employers' social security contributions, local taxes and other taxation, for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing revenue raised during each year since 1979 from each of the following; personal incomes, central Government expenditure taxes, local government rates, employees' social security contributions, employers' social security contributions and other company taxation; and if he will express each as a percentage of total revenues.
§ Mr. MooreThe information requested is given in the table. Figures are given in £ billion, and as a percentage of total revenues, that is, central Government taxes together with local authority rates and national insurance contributions. NIS has been included in other company taxation. Note that the percentages do not sum to 100 per cent. because of the exclusion of capital taxes.
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§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of total revenue for the latest available year was raised in each of the EEC member states in (a) taxes on personal incomes, (b) value added tax, (c) other taxes on expenditure, including local property taxes, (d) employees' social security contributions, (e) employers' social security contributions and (f) other company taxation.
Proportions of total tax and social security contributions revenue raised in: Per cent., 1982 figures except Italy (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) Taxes on personal incomes* VAT Other expenditure taxes Social Security contributions Other Company Taxation Employees Employers Belgium 36.5 17.6 8.6 10.9 18.9 5.7 Denmark 53.0 22.5 17.1 1.5 1.4 2.7 France 13.0 21.2 10.3 14.2 28.7 7.4 Germany 29.0 16.5 11.2 16.7 19.2 5.8 Greece 14.1 27.2 15.7 14.1 14.3 4.2 Ireland 30.3 19.2 29.2 5.4 9.5 4.7 Italy (1981) 26.4 14.9 9.8 7.8 21.9 9.0 Luxembourg 27.8 12.4 10.4 12.7 15.2 16.1 Netherlands 23.9 15.0 10.3 23.0 18.7 7.2 United Kingdom 28.2 13.3 26.8 8.2 9.0 13.1 * Includes personal taxes on capital gains. SourceRevenue Statistics of OECD Member Countries 1965–82.