United Kingdom | Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue)

Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Records
63
Source
United Kingdom | Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue)
year value
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972 28.13865013
1973 27.32538036
1974 25.66272431
1975 24.53762755
1976 24.84821024
1977 25.20589467
1978 25.64135198
1979 26.20713242
1980 28.46544939
1981 27.86251691
1982 28.57860979
1983 29.53116041
1984 30.51432716
1985 31.03106313
1986 32.04559893
1987 30.43527575
1988 31.19302323
1989 30.38931726
1990 28.35360284
1991 29.27766745
1992 31.1508712
1993 32.21582195
1994 33.01066206
1995 34.28361278
1996 34.79034012
1997 35.01495664
1998 34.36801035
1999 35.14976682
2000 34.19801909
2001 33.60416933
2002 34.96249069
2003 35.27726648
2004 34.19941622
2005 32.02691641
2006 32.35138609
2007 32.24587504
2008 30.13585658
2009 30.91066699
2010 28.56104521
2011 34.81906173
2012 34.51941035
2013 34.69390135
2014 35.78599526
2015 35.56295876
2016 35.24158714
2017 34.73037915
2018 34.7001713
2019 34.95432656
2020 33.08044346
2021 32.75247594
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United Kingdom | Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue)

Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Records
63
Source