Overview of the revenues collected by the federal government: achievements

These tables show total cash-based revenues, as set out in the general statement of the federal budget. These are tax and non-tax revenues collected by federal authorities. These are all tax revenues collected by the FPS Finance, including revenue that is subsequently transferred to other public authorities or institutions, with the exception of local authorities. As indicated, these tables follow Belgian budgetary practices that deviate from the ESA-2010 classification set out inter alia in the National Accounts and the “Detailed Inventories of Taxes” (European Commission). “Total revenue” (I) is then divided into revenue financed by other public authorities (II) and Ways and Means (III = I-II): “total revenue collected for financing other public authorities” consists of revenue transferred to the European Union, assigned revenue (mainly social security) and resources financing the Communities and Regions. Revenues collected by the federal government but transferred to local authorities (e.g. municipal additional cents and in the past, additional cents to the real estate tax for provinces and municipalities) are not included in the tables. When the Communities and Regions take over the regional tax department (collection) (of the federal government), these revenues will no longer be included in the statistics on the revenue collected by the federal government. The ‘ways and means’ are equal to the ‘total revenues’ received by the federal government, minus ‘federal revenues collected for the financing of other powers’. This amount is included in the budget of the Ways and Means. Parliament votes each year the Ways and Means Budget in order to sanction the laws and regulations under which the State’s revenue is collected. All series of figures appear both on an annual basis (Y) and on a monthly basis (M).