Budget : Tax receipts up to September higher than last year

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Tax receipts up to September higher than last year

In view of the high energy prices and inflation, revenue from VAT in particular rose. photo

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The cash register is ringing at the federal level: the federal budget took in 256.7 billion euros in the first three quarters – an increase of around ten percent more taxes than in the same period last year.

The federal government has so far collected significantly more taxes this year than in the same period in 2021. As can be seen from the monthly report from the Ministry of Finance, around ten percent more taxes came in from January to September than in the same period of the previous year.

In view of the high energy prices and inflation, revenue from value added tax rose particularly sharply.

Overall, the federal budget took in 256.7 billion euros in the first three quarters. On the other hand, there are also expenditures of 347.5 billion. That was also less than in 2021 because corporate aid to deal with the Corona crisis was no longer available. Overall, however, the federal budget at the end of September had a financing deficit of around 90.8 billion euros.

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