MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/. Russia’s tax revenues for the treasury amounted to 29.4 trillion rubles ($305.2 bln) in the first eight months of this year, which is 9% higher than in the same period last year, Head of the Federal Tax Service Daniil Egorov said.

"The service ensures positive dynamics of tax revenues, especially regarding non-oil and gas revenues. <…> The country’s tax revenues amounted to 29.4 trillion rubles in eight months of this year, an increase by 2.4 trillion [rubles], or 9%," he said.

Non-oil and gas revenues rose by 12%, or by 2 trillion rubles ($20.7 bln), in the reporting period, with their share in Russia’s total tax revenues having reached 80% by now, Egorov added.