The SA Revenue Service collected 9.6 percent more tax last year than the year before, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday.

Speaking in Pretoria on revenue collected during the 2012/13 fiscal year, which ended on March 31, he said total revenue was R814.1 billion.

This was 9.6 percent higher than the R742.6 billion collected during 2011/12. It was also R4 billion above the 2013 revised estimate.

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