THE national government’s budget balance reverted to a P55 billion surplus in April, reversing a deficit in March on stronger revenue collections, data released by the Department of Finance (DOF) showed on Wednesday.

This is not surprising, according to an analyst, since April was the deadline for the filing of income taxes in the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

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