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Estonian state budget collects 41% revenue in 5 months

BC, Tallinn, 19.06.2013.Print version
According to the Ministry of Finance, the Estonian state budget collected revenue of 3.08 billion euros in the first five months of the year, writes Äripäev.ee/LETA. This is 41.1% of the total amount planned in the 2012 budget.

The expenditures reached 3.11 billion euros, 40% of the annual plan. The planned income for 2013 is 7.48 billion euros and expenditures 7.88 billion euros.

 

The state budget collected in five months 2.4 billion euros of tax revenue, 40.1% of the annual plan. Non-tax revenue formed 663 million euros, 46.4% of the annual plan.

 

The biggest revenue sources were the social tax revenue of 840 million euro (40.6% of annual plan) and VAT of 629 million euros or 40.6% of the annual plan.

 

The biggest state budget spending articles were main social welfare benefits amounting to a total of 1.15 billion euros, by 5.1% more than at the same time last year.

 

The government sector deficit formed 0.9% of the forecast GDP by the end of April. The planned deficit for the whole of this year is 0.5% of GDP.






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