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Mr. Ralph Howell
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the percentage of Government revenues contributed by the corporate sector in each of the EEC member States, distinguishing
| PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL TAX REVENUES | ||||||||
| Corporate taxes on income, profits and capital gains | Recurrent taxes on net wealth of corporations | |||||||
| 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1976 | 1977 | ||||
| Central or federal government | Local or state government | Central and local government | Central and local government | |||||
| Belgium | … | … | 6·02 | 0·75 | 6·17 | 5·9 | ||
| Denmark | … | … | 3·26 | 0·58 | 3·10 | 3·2 | ||
| France | … | … | 5·77 | 5·58 | 4·7 | |||
| Germany | … | … | 1·82 | 2·79 | 5·48 | 5·8 | 0·76 | 0·85 |
| Ireland | … | … | 4·39 | 4·10 | NA | NA | NA | |
| Italy | … | … | 5·90 | 0·34 | 6·34 | 8·3 | ||
| Luxembourg | … | 11·98 | 5·14 | 18·69 | 21·4 | 2·23 | 2·16 | |
| Netherlands | … | 6·97 | 6·76 | 6·3 | ||||
| United Kingdom | … | 4·80 | 6·86 | 8·0 | ||||
| Notes: | ||||||||
| 1. The figures are derived from "Revenue Statistics of OECD Member Countries 1965–78"and the definitions follow those used in that publication. | ||||||||
| 2. The 1978 figures are provisional. | ||||||||
| 3. The figures are expressed as a percentage of total tax revenue of central and local Government, including social security contributions but excluding the non taxation receipts of Government for example, rent, dividends and interest. | ||||||||
| 4. Figures for the corporate sector's share of the equivalent of United Kingdom local authority rates in other EEC countries are not available. In the United Kingdom non-domestic rates are estimated to amount to about 6 per cent. of total tax revenue for 1978. This figure relates, however, to a sector that is wider than the corporate sector. | ||||||||
| 5. NA denotes that the figure is not available. | ||||||||