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Tax returns behind target on eve of the Budget

There is bad news this evening for the Finance Minister on the eve of the budget as tax revenues ...
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17.03 4 Dec 2012


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Tax returns behind target on eve of the Budget

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17.03 4 Dec 2012


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There is bad news this evening for the Finance Minister on the eve of the budget as tax revenues have fallen behind target. 

Exchequer figures just published this evening show 3 of the 4 big taxes have performed worse that the Department of Finance had hoped for. 

Spending pressures also remain though the over-spend in the Department of Health has been pulled back to €366 million.

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Last Friday when the figures were totted up Finance Minister Michael Noonan and Minister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin had taken in €33.8 billion in taxes. 

Now that was almost €2 billion more than on the same day last year but it is €171 million less than the coalition had budgeted for. 

Main taxes see decline

Income tax performed exceptionally badly with the November returns alone which includes the all-important 'self employed' was €300 million short. 

Corporation tax and excise duties are also less than the coalition hoped for.

However VAT has performed well delivering €180 million more than hoped for this year. 

Spending is still almost €700 million more than budgeted for with most of it in the Department of Social Protection.

But there has been some improvement in the overspend in Health. 

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