Spain collects 2.9 billion euros with windfall taxes this year -budget minister

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Remembering Harley: Graveside memorial service honours homeless Hantsport man’s life | SaltWireMADRID - Spain has collected 2.9 billion euros this year with the windfall taxes imposed on power companies and banks, acting Budget Minister Maria Jesus Montero said on Wednesday.

Banks and energy companies have paid 1.4 billion euros -- 827 million euros for energy companies and 626 million euros for banks -- in a second tax instalment in September, a similar amount to the first payment in February for a total sum of 2.9 billion euros, the Budget Ministry said.

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