Tax revenue to the end of July was up ten per cent on the same period last year.
Exchequer returns show the total tax take in the first seven months of the year was just under €48 billion.
Income tax receipts were up 9%, while VAT receipts were up 11.5%.
Corporation tax receipts are up 1.9 billion euro on last year.
A surplus of €700 million was recorded to the end of July.
