TABLE 1.9
					Tax revenue and expenditure
					1990-91	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01*	2001-02#
					Actuals	Actuals	Actuals	Actuals	Actuals	(Prov.)	(BE)
								(As per cent of GDP)
1		Fiscal deficit			6.6	4.1	4.8	5.1	5.4	5.5	5.1
2		Revenue deficit			3.3	2.4	3.1	3.8	3.5	3.9	3.4
3		Primary deficit			2.8	-0.2	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.2
4		Gross tax revenue			10.1	9.4	9.1	8.3	8.9	9.0	9.9
		(a)	Direct taxes		1.9	2.8	3.2	2.7	3.0	3.3	3.7
		of which:
			(i)	Income tax	0.9	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.5	1.8
			(ii)	Corporation tax	0.9	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.6	1.7	1.9
		(b)	Indirect taxes		7.9	6.5	5.9	5.5	5.8	5.7	6.1
		of which:
			(i)	Union excise duties	4.3	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.6
			(ii)	Customs	3.6	3.1	2.6	2.3	2.5	2.3	2.4
5		Total expenditure			17.3	13.9	14.2	14.7	15.4	15.3	16.4
		of which
		(i)	Interest payments		3.8	4.3	4.3	4.5	4.7	4.7	4.9
		(ii)	Major subsidies		1.7	1.0	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.2
		(iii)	Defence		2.7	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.7
		(iv)	Other non-plan expenditure		4.1	2.5	2.5	2.9	3.2	3.0	3.2
		(v)	Budget support for plan		5.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.4
*	Provisional and unaudited as reported by Controller General of Accounts, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.
#	The ratios to GDP at current market prices for 2001-2002 are based on CSO's Advance Estimates.
Note :		1	Ratios to GDP at current market prices (Base = 1993-94) of National Accounts Statistics released by the
			Central Statistical Organisation.
		2	Figures are exclusive of the transfer of State’s share of net small savings collections.