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Posted on January 28, 2026
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Germany's tax revenues increased by 4.7% in 2025, reaching 901.8 billion euros, but fell short of the 5.0% growth forecast. Economic uncertainties impacted projections.
BERLIN, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Germany's federal and state government tax revenues rose in 2025 compared with the previous year but fell short of the increase that had been forecast by the country's council of tax experts.
Total tax revenue last year hit 901.8 billion euros, up 4.7% from 2024, the finance ministry said in its monthly report published on Thursday.
The tax experts had expected revenues to climb to 903.7 billion euros, up 5.0%, the report showed.
In December, tax revenues rose 2.0% from the same month a year earlier, to 115.5 billion euros.
Europe's biggest economy lowered its growth forecasts for this and next year, citing heightened uncertainty over global trade and the fact that economic and fiscal policy measures have not taken effect as quickly as previously assumed.
(Reporting by Maria Martinez; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total monetary value of all goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period, often used to gauge economic performance.
Economic growth refers to the increase in the production of goods and services in an economy over a period, typically measured as the percentage increase in real GDP.
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