Bulgaria reports 2.35B leva Budget surplus in January-April, in line with forecast

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on May 31 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first four months of 2016 was 2.35 billion leva, or 2.6 per cent of this year’s estimated gross domestic product, in line with the ministry’s forecast issued last month.

The figure represented an improvement of 1.4 percentage points compared to the same period of 2015, when Bulgaria recorded a Budget surplus of 1.07 billion leva, the ministry said in a statement. It forecast a Budget surplus of 2.68 billion leva at the end of May.

The state Budget had a surplus of 1.39 million leva and the EU funds surplus was 962.9 million leva. Bulgaria’s contribution to the EU budget for the first four months of 2016 was 294.7 million leva.

Higher revenue was the main reason for the continued improvement of public finances, coupled with the reduction of government spending compared to the same period of last year, the ministry said.

Revenue in January-April was 12.2 billion leva, an improvement of 7.4 per cent compared to the same period of last year. Tax revenues were up 10.5 per cent compared to the first four months of last year, at 9.2 billion leva.

Budget spending was 9.8 billion leva, down from 10.3 billion leva in the same period of 2015.

(Photo: Sanja Gjenero/sxc.hu)

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