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      Government of Iceland 05.05.2026 13:02
      NOTE: This article is more than 5 years old.
      02 October 2008
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      Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs

      Treasury finances January-August 2008

      • Treasury finances January-August 2008 (PDF 53K)

      Cash Flow Statement in January–August 2004–2008

      2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
      Revenue
      181 033

      219 294

      246 109

      286 074

      294 326
      Expenditure
      189 354

      203 787

      209 728

      239 188

      281 885
      Current
      balance

      -8 322

      15 507

      36 381

      46 886

      12 441
      Receipts from
      sale of fixed assets.

      -

      -

      -

      1 505

      -
      Other cash
      payments / receipts

      1 560

      791

      - 823

      -3 046

      4 191
      Cash flows
      from operations

      -6 761

      16 298

      35 558

      45 346

      16 633
      Financial
      transactions

      7 829

      11 260

      -2 339

      -67 758

      8 538
      Net financial
      balance

      1 068

      27 558

      33 219

      -22 412

      25 171
      Debt re
      demption

      -29 593

      -33 363

      -32 592

      -36 443

      -38 129
      Domestic
      -4 576

      -14 015

      -9 719

      -22 243

      -22 662
      Foreign
      -25 017

      -19 348

      -22 873

      -14 199

      -15 467
      Pension fund prepayments
      -5 000

      -2 600

      -2 640

      -2 640

      -2 640
      Gross borrow-
      ing requirement

      -33 525

      -8 406

      -2 013

      -61 496

      -15 598
      New borrowing
      40 177

      15 832

      25 247

      57 515

      147 531
      Domestic
      16 928

      11 555

      17 673

      54 181

      85 647
      Foreign
      23 249

      4 277

      7 574

      3 334

      61 884
      Overall cash
      balance

      6 652

      7 426

      23 23

      -3 981

      131 933


      Treasury revenue in January–August 2006–2008


      Millions of krónur

      Change from previous year (%)

      2006

      2007

      2008

      2006

      2007

      2008
      Total taxes and social security contributions
      230 505

      258 929

      267 640

      14.9

      12.3

      3.4
      Taxes on income and profit
      78 979

      93 551

      102 909

      29.7

      18.5

      10.0
      Personal income tax
      48 151

      53 787

      57 129

      11.7

      11.7

      6.2
      Corporate income tax
      15 746

      16 533

      17 636

      114.5

      5.0

      6.7
      Other taxes on income and profit
      15 082

      23 231

      28 144

      44.6

      54.0

      21.1
      Taxes on property
      6 358

      7 336

      5 526

      -33.3

      15.4

      -24.7
      Taxes on goods and services
      116 941

      126 407

      124 872

      10.5

      8.1

      -1.2
      Value added tax
      80 676

      88 509

      87 108

      11.2

      9.7

      -1.6
      Excise tax on motor vehicles
      7 590

      6 986

      6 352

      7.6

      -8.0

      -9.1
      Excise tax on petrol
      5 968

      6 103

      5 921

      1.6

      2.3

      -3.0
      Excise on oil
      4 339

      4 826

      4 929

      15.5

      11.2

      2.1
      Tobacco and liquor taxes
      7 500

      7 860

      8 002

      4.3

      4.8

      1.8
      Other taxes on goods and services
      10 869

      12 123

      12 558

      15.1

      11.5

      3.6
      Taxes on international trade and transactions
      2 546

      3 405

      3 978

      21.0

      33.7

      16.8
      Other taxes
      1 368

      2 305

      2 877

      10.7

      68.5

      24.8
      Social security contributions
      24 311

      25 924

      27 479

      15.5

      6.6

      6.0
      Grants
      736

      702

      207

      172.7

      -4.6

      -70.5
      Other revenue
      14 350

      19 570

      24 196

      -20.7

      36.4

      23.6
      Sale of assets
      518

      6 873

      2 283

      -

      -

      -

      246

      286

      294
      Total revenue
      109

      074

      326

      12.2

      16.2

      2.9

      Treasury expenditure in January–August 2006–2008


      Millions of krónur

      Change from previous year, %

      2006

      2007

      2008

      2007

      2008
      General public services 26 395 32 538 39 138 23.3 20.3
      of which: interest 7 696 10 653 12 347 38.4 15.9
      Defence 405 412 754 1.8 83.0
      Law enforcement, justice, security 8 783 10 566 13 135 20.3 24.3
      Economic affairs 27 853 30 640 40 074 10.0 30.8
      Environmental protection 2 259 2 559 2 935 13.3 14.7
      Housing, zoning and utilities 268 289 357 7.7 23.6
      Health 55 170 61 123 68 188 10.8 11.6
      Culture, sports and religion 9 185 10 550 11 381 14.9 7.9
      Education 23 480 26 238 28 965 11.7 10.4
      Social security and welfare 50 213 58 443 71 156 16.4 21.8
      Irregular expenditure 5 716 5 829 5 801 2.0 -0.5
      Total expenditure 209 728 239 188 281 885 14.0 17.9


      Note:

      Revised revenue classification of the Treasury in January 2006: The classification of Treasury revenue has been revised according to the IMF Government Finance Statistics Manual of 2001. The earlier classification was based on an earlier version of the Manual. The new classification was first published last autumn in the 2004 Treasury accounts and introduced in the 2006 fiscal budget. It is now applied in the monthly revenue statements of the Treasury.

      The main changes from the previous classification is that social contributions are separated from tax revenue and classified under a new main heading "Taxes and social contributions". Taxes on international trade and transactions, such as customs duties and other import charges, are now shown separately and are no longer under the heading "Taxes on goods and services". Regarding the other revenue, the new classification provides more details than the earlier version. The new classification also calls for a revision of several other items, such as the tax for the Elderly's Construction Fund and several user and licence charges.



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