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[โ€“] it_depends_man@lemmy.world 20 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

WTF is this headline math.

The annual target is 100%.

5 months out of 12 is 41%.

28% (of the annual) / 41% (What they should expect to collect in 5 months) is 0.68, so roughly 2/3.

In English: they made 1/3 less money than they expected.

FFS. People shouldn't be expected to do this much math, when being given information. I'm doing the journalists homework here?!

[โ€“] Pronell@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

This is oil taxes, the target is overall budget. The surge in oil taxes is bringing them to their target earlier.

But yes, the headline is shit. No argument there.