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Tax revenue up in first half of the year

Tax take for the first half of the year is one per cent ahead of target at just under 17.6 billion e...
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5:27 PM - 2 Jul 2013



Tax revenue up in first half o...

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Tax revenue up in first half of the year

TodayFM
TodayFM

5:27 PM - 2 Jul 2013



Tax take for the first half of the year is one per cent ahead of target at just under 17.6 billion euro.

The Exchequer figures to the end of June - show tax returns are three point four per cent or almost 600 million greater than the same period in 2012.

The deficit for the first six months of the year stands at 6.6 billion - down from a forecast of 10.6 billion on Budget day.

Derek Moran - the Assistant General Secretary at the Department of Finance - says 126 million euro in Property Tax has been collected:



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