Over the first four months of this year, Tajikistan’s national budget has reportedly received more than 600 million somoni (equivalent to some 60 million U.S. dollars) less than it was planned.
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) says the country’s national budget has received 6.823 billion somoni over the first four months of this year, which is 91.9 percent of the revised plan for this four-month period.
The budget shortfall has resulted from decrease in the volume of the basic tax revenues, an official source within a MoF told Asia-Plus in an interview, noting that the share of taxes in the budget revenues exceeds 75 percent.
“In connection with this, the ministry had to curtail some expenditures, including the cost of purchasing vehicles, equipment and fuels, current expenses, major repairs and construction costs,” the source said.
According to the preliminary data from the MoF, the country’s national budget can receive more than 2.3 billion somoni less by the end of this year.
