Peadar Tóibín
Question:360. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected in VAT on energy bills in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [17147/25]
View answerTuesday, 8 April 2025
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I am informed by Revenue that traders are not required to separately identify the VAT from specific goods and services on their periodic VAT returns. Therefore, it is not possible to provide the VAT collected on all energy related products and services using taxpayer information alone. However, using Revenue data and third-party data sources, a tentative estimate of VAT collected on electricity, natural gas, kerosene, home heating oil and solid fuels is provided in the table below.
|
Year |
Estimated Vat Collected (€m) |
|
2015 |
531 |
|
2016 |
514 |
|
2017 |
514 |
|
2018 |
573 |
|
2019 |
526 |
|
2020 |
573 |
|
2021 |
689 |
|
*2022 |
860 |
|
*2023 |
865 |
|
2024 |
591 |
|
2025 |
115 |
2022 and 2023 estimates revised from previous information provided following updates to the Personal Consumption Expenditure data provided by the CSO for these years.