Thursday, 28 February 2019, 10:06 am Press Release: The Treasury
Financial Statements for the Govt of New Zealand for 7
months ending 31-1-19
Source: The Treasury
Paul
Helm, Chief Government Accountant
The Financial Statements
of the Government of New Zealand for the seven months ended
31 January 2019 were released by the Treasury today. The
statements are compared against forecasts based on the Half
Year Economic and Fiscal Update 2018 (HYEFU2018) published
on 13 December 2018.
Core Crown tax revenue at $47.7
billion was $0.3 billion (0.5%) ahead of forecast.
Within
this, source deductions, customs and excise duties and GST
were higher than forecast and partially offset by corporate
tax revenue, which was below forecast. --
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