Big tax blow to Labor's surplus hopes

By Clancy Yeates
Updated December 20 2012 - 1:08pm, first published 12:48pm

The federal government's hopes of delivering a surplus this financial year have been dealt a hefty blow by the slowing world economy, with tax receipts in October $3.9 billion weaker than forecast in the budget.

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