/ 17 March 1995

Tax burden static

Weekly Mail & Guardian Reporter

The total tax burden in the 1994/95 financial year is=20

Total tax revenue will amount to 24,8 percent of gross=20 domestic product (GDP) in 1995/96 — almost the same as=20 the actual 1994/95 figure.

Direct taxes remain the most important contributor to=20 total tax revenue in 1995/96 at 52,6 percent or 13,6=20 percent of GDP.

Indirect taxes such as VAT will contribute 43,8 percent=20 or 10,6 percent of GDP.

Personal income tax remains the single most important=20 revenue source in 1995/96, again yielding 10 percent of=20

VAT is the second-most important revenue source, at 6,5=20 percent of GDP, as in 1994/95.

Income tax on non-mining companies is estimated to=20 yield three percent of GDP, the same as in 1994/95.=20 Total excise duties are estimated to yield three=20 percent, of which the fuel levy will contribute 1,8=20 percent of GDP.