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

      Treasury finances January-October 2008

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

      Cash Flow Statement in January–October 2004–2008

      Millions of krónur
      2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
      Revenue
      228 745

      336 643

      308 354

      353 950

      369 397
      Expenditure
      233 304

      256 585

      258 824

      295 857

      355 813
      Current
      balance

      -4 558

      80 058

      49 530

      58 093

      13 584
      Receipts from
      sale of fixed assets.

      -

      -58 033

      - 384

      -6 170

      - 39
      Other cash
      payments / receipts

      1 710

      -1 731

      - 356

      - 695

      10 644
      Cash flows
      from operations

      -2 848

      20 294

      48 791

      51 229

      24 189
      Financial
      transactions

      9 273

      48 377

      -2 006

      -63 097

      5 984
      Net financial
      balance

      6 425

      68 671

      46 785

      -11 868

      30 173
      Debt re-
      demption

      -30 856

      -61 557

      -41 565

      -33 503

      -45 934
      Domestic
      -5 678

      -14 064

      -18 692

      -22 271

      -30 022
      Foreign
      -25 178

      -47 493

      -22 873

      -11 232

      -15 912
      Pension fund prepayments
      -6 250

      -3 300

      -3 300

      -3 300

      -3 300
      Gross borrow-
      ing requirement

      -30 681

      3 814

      1 920

      -48 671

      -19 061
      New borrowing
      30 408

      9 048

      25 961

      58 383

      198 081
      Domestic
      13 136

      9 048

      21 345

      58 206

      101 710
      Foreign
      17 272

      -

      4 616

      177

      96 370
      Overall cash
      balance

      - 272

      12 862

      27 882

      9 712

      179 020


      Treasury revenue in January–October 2006–2008



      Millions of krónur

      Change from previous year (%)

      2006

      2007

      2008

      2006

      2007

      2008
      Total taxes and social security contributions 287 295 322 065 334 021 11.8 12.1 3.7
      Taxes on income and profit 97 368 114 169 128 755 19.9 17.3 12.8
      Personal income tax 62 249 68 579 72 070 13.1 10.2 5.1
      Corporate income tax 17 129 18 563 20 458 103.0 8.4 10.2
      Other taxes on income and profit 17 990 27 027 36 227 1.4 50.2 34.0
      Taxes on property 7 627 9 527 6 725 -37.0 24.9 -29.4
      Taxes on goods and services 146 878 159 047 155 999 10.3 8.3 -1.9
      Value added tax 101 916 111 902 110 185 11.5 9.8 -1.5
      Excise tax
      on motor vehicles
      8 883 8 873 7 130 3.2 -0.1 -19.6
      Excise tax
      on petrol
      7 436 7 637 7 403 -0.4 2.7 -3.1
      Excise on oil 5 577 6 141 6 259 41.2 10.1 1.9
      Tobacco and liquor taxes 9 291 9 745 9 860 3.8 4.9 1.2
      Other taxes on goods and services 13 776 14 747 15 162 7.5 7.0 2.8
      Taxes on international trade and transactions 3 357 4 359 4 876 21.0 29.8 11.8
      Other taxes 1 504 2 586 3 333 8.6 72.0 28.9
      Social security contributions 30 560 32 377 34 333 16.6 5.9 6.0
      Grants 1 207 973 339 255.8 -19.4 -65.2
      Other revenue 19 072 25 023 32 261 -10.9 31.2 28.9
      Sale of assets 781 6 931 2 776 - - -
      308 354 369 - - -
      Total revenue 354 991 397 -8.4 15.1 4.1

      Treasury expenditure in January–October 2006–2008


      Millions of krónur

      Change from previous year, %

      2006

      2007

      2008

      2007

      2008
      General public services
      31 847

      38 250

      47 126

      20.1

      23.2
      of which: interest
      8 592

      11 536

      13 747

      34.3

      19.2
      Defence
      487

      687

      921

      41.0

      34.1
      Law enforcement, justice, security
      11 262

      13 115

      16 179

      16.5

      23.4
      Economic affairs
      35 695

      41 207

      53 328

      15.4

      29.4
      Environmental protection
      2 835

      3 324

      3 651

      17.3

      9.8
      Housing, zoning and utilities
      333

      351

      445

      5.3

      26.8
      Health
      69 424

      77 209

      87 678

      11.2

      13.6
      Culture, sports and religion
      11 422

      13 122

      14 098

      14.9

      7.4
      Education
      28 528

      31 991

      35 963

      12.1

      12.4
      Social security and welfare
      59 331

      70 084

      88 904

      18.1

      26.9
      Irregular expenditure
      5 478

      7 124

      7 520

      30.0

      5.6
      Total expenditure
      256 642

      296 464

      355 813

      15.5

      20.0


      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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