The higher revenues primarily reflect higher employmentinsurancepremium revenues in the short term and increased personal income tax revenues in the last two years of the forecast period.
Employmentinsurancepremium contributions declined $ 1.0 billion or 11.3 %, reflecting the decline in premium rates for 2017, compared to a decline of 4.9 % forecast in the 2017 Budget for the year as a whole.