US tax revenues up by 11% from September last year

DUBLIN, Ireland: Tax revenues to the end of September stood at 68.2 billion euros, up on the same period last year by 6.8 billion euros (11 percent), according to new figures from the Department of Finance.

Income tax receipts amounted to 24.8 billion euros, representing a 1.6 billion euros increase (7.1 percent) compared to the previous year. VAT revenues reached 17.9 billion euros, up by 1.2 billion euros (7.0