INSTANT VIEW 1-Czech end-Jan budget surplus CZK 5.03 bln

    The Czech central state budget 
showed a 5.03 billion crown ($233 million)  surplus at the end 
of January, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. 
 
KEY POINTS: 
(in CZK bln)       end-Jan 07   end-Dec 06      end-Jan 06 
 balance             5.03        -97.32            3.43 
 
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- January revenues up 4.4 percent year-on-year, expenditure up 
2.5 percent. 
- January revenues account for 8.8 percent of the annual target. 
Overall expenditures for the period stand at 7.5 percent of the 
yearly plan. 
- Tax and fee revenue increased by 8.1 percent year-on-year, 
mainly driven by value added tax. 
- Revenue from social insurance rose 8.5 percent, while social 
payments from the budget fell 9.4 percent. 
- The full-year 2007 budget sees a 91.3 billion crown deficit on 
expenditure of 1,040.8 billion crowns. 
 
 BACKGROUND: 
- The central state budget is the biggest part of the overall 
public finances. 
- The Finance Ministry has said the country would meet its euro 
Convergence Programme for 2006 but not in 2007. 
 
- For recent stories on the budget, click on [CZ-GVD-POL-RTRS] 
or [CZ-RTRS-DBT]. 
 
LINKS: 
- For an overview of the Czech central government budget, 
Reuters 3000 Xtra users can click on the ministry's website: 
    http://www.mfcr.cz 
 
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 ((Writing by Jan Lopatka; Editing by Alan Crosby; 
prague.newsroom@reuters.com; Reuters Messaging: 
jan.lopatka.reuters.com@reuters.net; +420 224 190 477)) 
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