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      Government of Iceland 05.05.2026 13:21
      NOTE: This article is more than 5 years old.
      19 February 2009
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      Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs

      Treasury finances January-December 2008

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

      Cash Flow Statement in January–December 2004–2008

        Millions of krónur
      2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
      Revenue 280 696 399 289 381 336 454 066 444 751
      Expenditure 280 382 308 382 314 716 369 583 643 935
      Current
      balance
      315 90 905 66 619 84 483 -199 184
      Receipts from
      sale of fixed assets.
      - -57 605 - 384 -6 170 - 40
      Other cash
      payments / receipts
      - 607 -1 286 - 516 -17 355 186 915
      Cash flows
      from opera-
      tions
      - 292 32 014 65 719 60 958 -12 310
      Financial
      transactions
      22 700 49 874 -91 154 -63 102 -386 106
      Net financial
      balance
      22 408 81 888 -25 435 -2 144 -398 416
      Debt re-
      demption
      -32 477 -62 305 -46 097 -33 837 -120 625
      Domestic -7 291 -14 596 -23 223 -22 505 -104 713
      Foreign -25 186 -47 709 -22 873 -11 332 -15 912
      Pension fund prepayments -7 500 -5 482 -4 000 -12 500 -4 000
      Gross borrow-
      ing requirement
      -17 569 14 101 -75 531 -48 481 -523 041
      New borrowing 25 867 10 234 115 713 58 939 601 955
      Domestic 9 740 10 234 25 892 58 754 558 118
      Foreign 16 127 - 89 821 185 43 837
      Overall cash
      balance
      8 298 24 335 40 182 10 457 78 914


      Treasury revenue in January– December 2006–2008



      Millions of krónur

      Change from previous year (%)

      2006

      2007

      2008

      2006

      2007

      2008
      Total taxes and social security contributions
      354 209

      395 384

      391 027

      12.5

      11.6

      -1.1
      Taxes on income and profit
      126 192

      143 937

      152 935

      24.5

      14.1

      6.3
      Personal income tax
      78 228

      83 933

      88 040

      13.3

      7.3

      4.9
      Corporate income tax
      31 369

      34 790

      29 539

      103.9

      10.9

      -15.1
      Other taxes on income and profit
      16 595

      25 214

      35 355

      -1.8

      51.9

      40.2
      Taxes on property
      9 172

      11 834

      7 936

      -38.5

      29.0

      -32.9
      Taxes on goods and services
      175 692

      192 086

      179 444

      9.0

      9.3

      -6.6
      Value added tax
      122 400

      135 388

      127 387

      10.1

      10.6

      -5.9
      Excise tax
      on motor vehicles

      10 230

      11 005

      7 345

      -0.2

      7.6

      -33.3
      Excise tax
      on petrol

      8 995

      9 168

      8 738

      2.4

      1.9

      -4.7
      Excise on oil
      6 553

      7 292

      7 280

      63.2

      11.3

      -0.2
      Tobacco and liquor taxes
      11 371

      11 949

      11 958

      7.7

      5.1

      0.1
      Other taxes on goods and services
      16 142

      17 284

      16 737

      -1.6

      7.1

      -3.2
      Taxes on international trade and transactions
      4 170

      5 297

      5 693

      20.0

      27.0

      7.5
      Other taxes
      1 758

      3 081

      3 946

      7.2

      75.3

      28.1
      Social security contributions
      37 226

      39 150

      41 072

      15.4

      5.2

      4.9
      Grants
      1 668

      927

      1 026

      119.6

      -44.4

      10.7
      Other revenue
      24 506

      37 354

      49 783

      -2.7

      52.4

      33.3
      Sale of assets
      953

      20 401

      2 915

      -

      -

      -
      Total revenue
      381 336

      454 066

      444 751

      -4.5

      19.1

      -2.1

      Treasury expenditure in January– December 2006–2008


      Millions of krónur

      Change from previous year, %

      2006

      2007

      2008

      2007

      2008
      General public services
      44 249

      52 259

      68 097

      18.1

      30.3
      of which: interest
      14 908

      17 090

      27 463

      14.6

      60.7
      Defence
      746

      977

      1 616

      30.9

      65.5
      Law enforcement, justice, security
      13 561

      15 802

      19 325

      16.5

      22.3
      Economic affairs
      43 622

      52 759

      67 685

      20.9

      28.3
      Environmental protection
      3 509

      4 040

      4 656

      15.1

      15.2
      Housing, zoning and utilities
      488

      544

      744

      11.4

      36.9
      Health
      85 959

      93 314

      109 240

      8.6

      17.1
      Culture, sports and religion
      14 627

      15 906

      17 423

      8.7

      9.5
      Education
      33 789

      37 837

      43 192

      12.0

      14.2
      Social security and welfare
      73 486

      86 628

      109 297

      17.9

      26.2
      Irregular expenditure
      23 277

      9 518

      202 660

      -59.1

      2,029.1
      Total expenditure
      337 311

      369 583

      643 935

      9.6

      74.2


      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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