Source Statistics Finland.
Households paid 45 per cent of the total environment taxes in 2012.
The environmental taxes accounted for nearly seven per cent of the entire tax revenue of the state in the year, according to Statistics Finland’s data on environmental taxes by industry.
The accrual of environmental taxes went down slightly in 2012 as transport taxes and emission taxes decreased.
The total sum of taxes was EUR 5.8 billion, of which households paid nearly EUR 2.7 billion, the statistics show.
Environmental taxes in manufacturing amounted to close to EUR 0.7 billion and taxes in the transportation and storage industry were EUR 0.7 billion.
Households paid over one half of the environmental taxes or EUR 1.4 billion in energy taxes and EUR 1.2 billion in transport taxes.
The majority of the environmental taxes in manufacturing was paid by the industry group of oil refining and manufacturing of chemicals, where environmental taxes totalled nearly EUR 0.5 billion, according to the statistics.
In energy supply, environmental taxes amounted to EUR 267 million, in real estate activities to EUR 263 million, in construction to EUR 163 million, and in trade to EUR 160 million.
