Tax revenues up 0.9% 1st 5 months 2015, Treasury

(ANSA) - Rome, July 6 - Tax payments collected in Italy by the state in the first five months of 2015 were as much as 151.68 billion euros, an increase of 1.388 billion euros or 0.9%, the Treasury ministry said Monday.
    VAT payments were up by 287 million euros or 0.7% due to an increase in commerce and an increase of 0.9% in payments made using the Split Payment arrangement.
    Revenue from tax checks and controls increased by as much as 3.7% compared to the previous year, garnering as much as 122 million euros more than in the first five months of 2014, the Treasury said.