Russian consolidated budget surplus 2.425 trln rubles for Jan-Sept - Rosstat
MOSCOW. Dec 1 (Interfax) - Russia posted a consolidated budget surplus for January-September of 2.425 trillion rubles, well up from 109.7 billion rubles for the same period of last year, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) reported on Thursday.
Consolidated budget revenues, including extra-budgetary state funds, amounted to 15.171 trillion rubles for the nine months (11.419 trillion rubles for the same period last year). Spending was 12.745 trillion rubles (11.310 trillion rubles).
The consolidated budget's main tax receipts for the period were: income from foreign economic activity - 3.225 trillion rubles (21.3% of all revenues), mandatory social insurance charges - 2.564 trillion rubles (16.9%), profit tax - 1.773 trillion rubles (11.7%), taxes, fees and regular payments for the use of natural resources - 1.511 trillion rubles (10%), personal income tax - 1.379 trillion rubles (9.1%), VAT on goods sold in Russia - 1.341 trillion rubles, and VAT on goods imported into Russia - 1.057 trillion rubles. Property taxes accounted for 503 billion rubles, excises on gods produced in Russia - 449.3 billion rubles, and excises on goods brought into Russia - 31.2 billion rubles.
Of consolidated budget spending for the nine months, expenditures on social and cultural matters amounted to 7.571 trillion rubles, on the national economy - 11.520 trillion rubles, on security and law and order - 944.8 billion rubles, on national defense - 908.4 billion rubles, on government matters - 870 billion rubles, on housing and communal services - 651 billion rubles, and on servicing state and municipal debt - 260.3 billion rubles.
The federal budget showed a 1.131-trillion-ruble surplus in January-September (deficit of 692.6 billion rubles for the same nine months last year). Revenues were 8.213 trillion rubles (6.009 trillion rubles) and spending 7.082 trillion rubles (6.701 trillion rubles).
