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Government revenue
Government revenue is money received by a
government. It is an important tool of the
fiscal policy of the government and is the opposite factor of
government spending. Revenues earned by the government are received from sources such as
taxes levied on the incomes and wealth accumulation of individuals and corporations and on the goods and services produced, exports and imports,
non-taxable sources such as
government-owned corporations' incomes,
central bank revenue and capital receipts in the form of external loans and debts from international financial institutions.
government revenue
Noun
1. income available to the government
(synonym) government income
(hypernym) income
(hyponym) tax income, taxation, tax revenue, revenue
government revenue
The set of non-financial transactions defined in the ESA 95 as increasing general government net lending or decreasing general government net borrowing, i.e. transactions that increase the general government sector’s net worth.
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