berlin may 19 reuters  tax revenues in germany fell by 46 in april compared with the same month last year due to relief measures introduced by the government to combat inflation and high energy prices the finance ministry said on friday the countrys federal and state governments saw tax revenue drop to 539 billion euros 5933 billion in april according to the ministrys monthly report in the first four months of the year tax revenues were down by 23 compared with the same period in the previous year at 2537 billion euros for 2023 german experts forecast tax revenues of 8382 billion euros the german finance ministry last week publishd its updated forecasts for tax revenues the government expects 1487 billion euros 16369 billion less in tax revenues for the german state in the 20232027 period compared to previous forecasts 1  09084 euros