DUBLIN, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Ireland collected 12% more tax
in January than in the same month last year thanks to strong
income tax and VAT receipts, finance ministry data showed on
Thursday.
The data showed a budget surplus of 5.6 billion euros on a
12-month rolling basis, up from 5.2 billion euro at the end of
December.
Income tax was up 9.3% from last January, while value-added
tax was up 18.5%. Excluding 200 million euros of receipts
withheld from December's figures to fund potential repayments
and repaid in January, VAT would have been up 12%, the finance
ministry said in a statement.
(Writing by Conor Humphries; Editing by Alex Richardson)
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