RESEND Treasury says 2015 surplus still on target as tax take falls short again, pushing govt deficit wider

RESEND Treasury says 2015 surplus still on target as tax take falls short again, pushing govt deficit wider
(Fixes garble in headline) By Paul McBeth April 8 (BusinessDesk) - The Treasury still expects the government to reach its targeted surplus in the 2015 financial year, even as the current tax-take continues to fall short, and widening the Crown’s operating deficit. The government’s operating balance before gains and losses (obegal) was $1.39 billion in the eight months ended Feb. 28, more than twice the $509 million shortfall predicted in the December half-year economic and fiscal update, though less than half the deficit of $3.01 billion a...