South Korea has surpassed last year's tax revenue target of 239-point-5 billion U.S. dollars,.... collecting more tax revenue in the first eleven months of last year than in the same period of 2017.<br />The total for the 11 months up to the end of November.... was 1-hundred-4 percent of the target for the whole of the year.<br />The Ministry of Economy and Finance said Thursday...., that the government had collected around 2-hundred-50-point-two billion U.S. dollars,.... an increase of 25 billion dollars from the previous year.<br />Revenue from income tax increased due to more people paying their estimated tax beforehand and value added tax also rose due to higher crude oil prices. <br />
