the taxes, including Income Tax and Value Added Tax, he will, for the benefit of the House, obtain from the…
(No. B/1182) Mr J. Edouard (Fourth Member for Rodrigues) asked the Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Home Affairs and External Communications, Minister of Finance, Minister for Rodrigues and Outer Islands whether in regard to the taxes, including Income Tax and Value Added Tax, he will, for the benefit of the House, obtain from the Mauritius Revenue Authority, information as to the yearly quantum of revenue collected in Rodrigues in terms thereof over the past three financial years.
Madam Speaker, I am informed by the Mauritius Revenue Authority that over the past three financial years, the quantum of tax revenue collected by the Authority in Rodrigues were as follows – (a) Rs148.0 million in Financial Year 2022-2023; (b) Rs137.4 million in Financial Year 2023-2024, and (c) Rs156.6 million in Financial Year 2024-2025. I am further informed that the income tax collected in Rodrigues amounted to – (a) Rs81.5 million in Financial Year 2022-2023; (b) Rs68.7 million in Financial Year 2023-2024, and (c) Rs78.6 million in Financial Year 2024-2025. Regarding Value Added Tax, the following amounts were collected – (a) Rs64.8 million in Financial Year 2022-2023; (b) Rs67.3 million in Financial Year 2023-2024, and (c) Rs76.4 million in Financial Year 2024-2025. Madam Speaker, although the tax collection in Rodrigues is Rs150 million on average annually, Government provides more financial resources for the economic and social development of Rodrigues. In fact, for the current financial year, the total resource allocated to Rodrigues amounts to Rs10.1 billion, of which –
29 • Rs5.78 billion of recurrent and capital grants to the Rodrigues Regional Assembly; • Rs1 billion for construction of the new Runway at Plaine Corail; • Rs340 million for the development of the water sector; • Rs223 million for subsidy on ration rice, flour, LPG, petroleum products and cement, and • Rs60 million for Land Drainage Projects.
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