In accordance with initial data provided by the Taxes Ministry, in January to May 2005 the tax remittances comprised 3,219,2bn manats, or 4.4% or 135.3bn manats more than the forecast and 978.7bn mantas, or 43.7% up as compared to 2004.
In June the tax remittances comprised 601.9bn manats. The forecast remittances in June amounted to 596.9bn mantas.