Taxes on Income and Wealth Ireland's Tax Statistics 2023

Taxes on Income and Wealth

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CSO statistical release, 20 November 2024, 11am

The main elements of taxes on Income and Wealth (D51) are Income tax, Corporation tax, Universal Social Charge (USC), and Capital Gains Tax.

As noted earlier, this category has seen very strong growth with €59 billion raised in taxes on income, profit, wealth, and capital gains in 2023, a 6% increase on the previous year. The Taxes on Income and Wealth category accounted for 50% of all taxes received in the year.

Temporary solidarity contribution is a new temporary tax for 2023 and 2024 that was introduced by the EU as part of an emergency intervention to address high energy prices due to the impact of the war in Ukraine.

Table 5.1 Taxes on Income and Wealth

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Table 5.1 Taxes on Income and Wealth											€million
Tax Name	ESA2010 Code	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Income tax	D51	5,240	9,197	12,576	12,305	14,857	19,751	19,581	23,357	26,332	27,736
Health levy	D51	272	680	1,117	2,014	0	0	0	0	0	0
Income levy	D51	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Income tax - universal social charge	D51	0	0	0	0	4,196	3,848	3,847	4,411	4,956	5,465
Corporation tax	D51	1,458	3,885	5,503	3,944	6,872	10,887	11,953	15,323	22,645	23,838
Capital gains tax	D51	56	774	1,982	345	669	1,072	952	1,645	1,747	1,563
Fisheries levy	D51	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Temporary Solidarity contribution	D51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	167
Levies under the petroleum & mineral development acts	D51	4	2	0	7	4	0	0	0	0	0
Total taxes on income	D51	7,038	14,538	21,179	18,617	26,599	35,560	36,333	44,737	55,681	58,770

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