Today’s post by Sinead Morrow shows that non-tax revenue (things such as administrative fees, fines and penalties, rents on public land, and sale of goods of services by departments) has grown faster than other revenue categories since 2010. However, major category revenue growth has been substantially slower than growth of major expenditure categories.

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