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      Government of Iceland 05.05.2026 13:21
      NOTE: This article is more than 5 years old.
      30 October 2008
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      Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs

      Treasury finances January-September 2008

      • Treasury finances January-September 2008 (PDF 53K)

      Cash Flow Statement in January–September 2004–2008

      2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
      Revenue 201 207 305 378 277 246 320 820 332 406
      Expenditure 212 932 233 596 233 632 268 624 318 569
      Current
      balance
      -11 725 71 782 43 614 52 196 13 837
      Receipts from
      sale of fixed assets.
      - -56 755 - - 33 - 39
      Other cash
      payments / receipts
      1 320 - 446 258 -3 578 5 402
      Cash flows
      from operations
      -10 405 14 581 43 872 48 584 19 200
      Financial
      transactions
      7 969 45 165 -2 245 -66 480 8 540
      Net financial
      balance
      -2 436 59 746 41 627 -17 896 27 740
      Debt re
      demption
      -30 843 -47 939 -38 071 -33 483 -45 486
      Domestic -5 676 -14 056 -15 198 -22 251 -30 019
      Foreign -25 166 -33 883 -22 873 -11 232 -15 467
      Pension fund prepayments -5 625 -2 950 -2 970 -2 970 -2 970
      Gross borrow-
      ing requirement
      -38 904 8 857 586 -54 349 -20 716
      New borrowing 40 679 11 698 24 978 58 453 208 397
      Domestic 17 430 11 698 20 362 58 277 101 710
      Foreign 23 249 - 4 616 176 106 687
      Overall cash
      balance
      1 775 20 555 25 564 4 105 187 681


      Treasury revenue in January–September 2006–2008



      Millions of krónur

      Change from previous year (%)

      2006

      2007

      2008

      2006

      2007

      2008
      Total taxes and social security contributions
      260 030

      291 147

      301 522

      13.8

      12.0

      3.6
      Taxes on income and profit
      88 400

      104 282

      115 250

      19.6

      18.0

      10.5
      Personal income tax
      54 830

      60 656

      64 054

      12.1

      10.6

      5.6
      Corporate income tax
      17 117

      18 681

      19 592

      109.3

      9.1

      4.9
      Other taxes on income and profit
      16 452

      24 945

      31 604

      -2.4

      51.6

      26.7
      Taxes on property
      6 897

      8 426

      6 143

      -36.6

      22.2

      -27.1
      Taxes on goods and services
      132 458

      142 590

      141 250

      14.1

      7.6

      -0.9
      Value added tax
      91 137

      99 563

      99 015

      16.3

      9.2

      -0.6
      Excise tax
      on motor vehicles

      8 256

      8 085

      6 711

      5.1

      -2.1

      -17.0
      Excise tax
      on petrol

      6 904

      7 076

      6 848

      1.1

      2.5

      -3.2
      Excise on oil
      4 994

      5 572

      5 687

      27.8

      11.6

      2.1
      Tobacco and liquor taxes
      8 437

      8 803

      8 940

      4.3

      4.3

      1.6
      Other taxes on goods and services
      12 730

      13 491

      14 049

      15.1

      6.0

      4.1
      Taxes on international trade and transactions
      3 311

      4 178

      4 802

      34.8

      26.2

      14.9
      Other taxes
      1 461

      2 525

      3 187

      9.0

      72.8

      26.2
      Social security contributions
      27 504

      29 146

      30 890

      16.0

      6.0

      6.0
      Grants
      885

      853

      331

      175.7

      -3.6

      -61.2
      Other revenue
      15 783

      21 890

      27 797

      -19.1

      38.7

      27.0
      Sale of assets
      547

      6 930

      2 756

      -

      -

      -

      277

      320

      332

      -

      -

      -
      Total revenue
      246

      820

      406

      -9.2

      15.7

      3.6

      Treasury expenditure in January–September 2006–2008


      Millions of krónur

      Change from previous year, %

      2006

      2007

      2008

      2007

      2008
      General public services 29 003 35 667 43 939 23.0 23.2
      of which: interest 7 865 11 218 13 713 42.0 22.2
      Defence 450 593 810 31.7 36.6
      Law enforcement, justice, security 10 045 11 834 14 681 17.8 24.1
      Economic affairs 31 959 36 206 47 242 13.3 30.5
      Environmental protection 2 512 2 947 3 242 17.3 10.0
      Housing, zoning and utilities 299 320 401 6.8 25.5
      Health 62 484 69 416 77 533 11.1 11.7
      Culture, sports and religion 10 194 11 645 12 625 14.2 8.4
      Education 26 153 28 947 32 596 10.7 12.6
      Social security and welfare 54 806 64 584 78 848 17.8 22.1
      Irregular expenditure 4 755 6 466 6 652 36.0 2.9
      Total expenditure 232 660 268 624 318 569 15.5 18.6


      Note:

      Revised revenue classification of the Treasury in January 2006: The classification of Treasury revenue has been revised according to the IMF Government Finance Statistics Manual of 2001. The earlier classification was based on an earlier version of the Manual. The new classification was first published last autumn in the 2004 Treasury accounts and introduced in the 2006 fiscal budget. It is now applied in the monthly revenue statements of the Treasury.

      The main changes from the previous classification is that social contributions are separated from tax revenue and classified under a new main heading "Taxes and social contributions". Taxes on international trade and transactions, such as customs duties and other import charges, are now shown separately and are no longer under the heading "Taxes on goods and services". Regarding the other revenue, the new classification provides more details than the earlier version. The new classification also calls for a revision of several other items, such as the tax for the Elderly's Construction Fund and several user and licence charges.



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