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The Revenue Commissioners have published their latest Tax figures per county
Leitrim generated the fourth-highest tax revenue per capita of any county in the State last year, according to new data from Revenue.
The county, which has a population of 35,199, generated €0.31 billion in revenue for the State, with residents paying an average of €8,761 each.
The figures from Revenue, which highlight the State's highly concentrated tax base, include receipts from income taxes, corporation tax, capital gains tax, and VAT across each of the 26 counties.
The country as a whole recorded a record tax haul last year of around €94 billion, with the majority of tax collected in Dublin and Cork. The largest contributions came from the retail trade (€26 billion), manufacturing (€14 billion), and the information and communication industries, according to figures reported by BreakingNews.ie.
The €0.31 billion in tax generated by Leitrim was made up of PAYE and USC of €243.57 million, self-employed income tax of €12.95 million, corporation tax of €22.9 million, and capital gains tax of €3.23 million.
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Leitrim’s tax per capita stood out as significantly above other counties in the northwest region, with Donegal (€3,998), Longford (€4,038), Sligo (€4,886), and Roscommon (€3,665) all paying less per capita.
However, the high tax per capita in Leitrim does not mean the county is generating vast amounts of tax for the State; in fact, only Laois (€0.29 billion), Roscommon (€0.26 billion), and Longford (€0.19 billion) generated less overall.
Cork generated the most tax per capita in the country last year, with €45,090 per person. The county accounted for €21.4 billion of the State's record €39 billion corporate tax haul, although this figure was heavily skewed by the €11 billion Apple windfall tax and the company’s annual corporate tax liability for 2024.
Over half of the income tax and VAT collected in 2024 came from Dublin, while Cork accounted for more than 50% of last year’s record corporate tax receipts.
The record tax intake of 2024 is unlikely to be matched in 2025, with figures from the Department of Finance this week revealing that growth in the State’s underlying tax revenue slowed to 3.6 per cent in the first five months of the year.
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