Irish Exchequer Returns: Tax revenue down 24% in year to April 2009
May 6th, 2009 | By Finfacts Ireland Business & Finance Portal | Category: News worldwide
The Irish Exchequer Returns for the first four months of 2009, published this afternoon by the Department of Finance, shows that there was an Exchequer deficit of €7.3 billion for the first four months of this year. This compares with a deficit of €3.7 billion in the same period a year earlier. Taxes are down 24% on the same period in 2008.