Fri, 11 Sep, 2015 12:05:46 AM FTimes Report, Sep 11 Environmental taxes by industry and tax type in 2013, EUR million. Source: Environmental taxes 2013, by industry, Statistics Finland. The total sum of environmental taxes in 2013 was EUR 5.9 billion, up from the year before by 0.2 per cent, according to Statistics Finland’s data.
Households paid EUR 2.6 million of environmental taxes, that is, a share of nearly 47 per cent. Other major payers were manufacturing and service activities, particularly transport and storage.
Taxation was mainly directed to production and use of energy, and vehicles.
Emission taxes had a small share of environmental taxes.
Environmental taxes paid by manufacturing increased from the previous year by around eight per cent, while those paid by service activities declined by four per cent, which fully concerned the industry of transport and storage.
Environmental taxes paid by households remained on level with the previous year.
Environmental taxes accounted for around seven per cent of the entire tax revenue of the state, the data show.
The share is slightly higher than the average for EU countries.
Environmental taxes are comprised of energy taxes, transport taxes, emission taxes and resource taxes. Most of environmental taxes are energy taxes on electricity and fuels.
One-third of environmental taxes are transport taxes levied from different kinds of vehicles. Taxes paid on carbon dioxide emissions are included in energy taxes.
Environmental taxes by industry and tax type in 2013, EUR million
Source: Environmental taxes 2013, by industry, Statistics Finland. More News
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