Vat receipts surge to €3bn in January

Consumer spending at end of Covid restrictions gives boost

The haul from the State's main spending tax surged above pre-pandemic levels. 

Christmas and new year spending helped Vat receipts to surge to over €3bn in January as the haul from the State's main spending tax surged above pre-pandemic levels. 

The haul comes as the Government took in total tax receipts of €6.7bn in the month, signalling that the public finances are starting 2022 in the same rude health as they ended 2021.