{"id":114554,"date":"2020-08-03T10:45:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T14:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=114554"},"modified":"2020-08-03T10:45:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T14:45:12","slug":"after-months-of-decline-government-revenues-going-back-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/after-months-of-decline-government-revenues-going-back-up\/","title":{"rendered":"After Months Of Decline, Government Revenues Going Back Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Government\u2019s revenue collection performance in improving according to two revenue collection agencies.<\/p>

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Both the Customs Division and the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) are reporting strong increases in collections for the month with a combined total of nearly $46 million dollars.<\/p>\n

Comptroller of Customs, Raju Boddu, told POINTE FM that his department collected $27.472,000.00 for the month, making it the best month for collections since the lockdown instituted at the end of March due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>

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Government revenues took a nose-dive in March, April and May. There was some return to upward collection in June and July but still not close to budgetary projections.<\/p>

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Superintendent of IRD, Ralph Warner said his department collected $18.5 million in July.<\/p>\n

He said this increase was buttressed by telecommunications companies making payments.<\/p>

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According to Prime Minister Gaston Browne, the uptick in collections in July enabled the government to pay all public servants on time in addition to servicing a number of its other monthly obligations including payments to the Eastern Caribbean Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n

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