We were having a look at some of Revenue’s Annual reports lately and thought this would interest some of you out there.

Here is Revenue’s tax take for 2010 by industry sector, below that we have the same table for 2007. (Sourced from Revenue)

No prizes for guessing which sector plummeted in share of tax over the period, construction.  But it really does highlight the knock on effect it had on other sectors, when you judge the table by the total tax take per year, as shown in the smaller box within the image.  Lastly, see the size of those tax refunds reported in the text?

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