Nicaragua - Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services)

Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) in Nicaragua was 12.04 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 12.24 in 2012, while its lowest value was 7.29 in 1994.

Definition: Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD value added estimates.

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Year Value
1994 7.29
1995 10.35
1996 10.65
1997 11.27
1998 11.20
1999 11.36
2000 11.22
2001 9.71
2002 10.22
2003 10.84
2004 11.12
2005 11.78
2006 11.83
2007 11.95
2008 10.97
2009 10.48
2010 11.53
2011 12.07
2012 12.24
2013 11.98
2014 11.95
2015 11.80
2016 11.80
2017 11.99
2018 10.48
2019 12.04

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance