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{{Short description|How a government collects money other than through compulsory levies}}
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'''Non-tax revenue''' or '''non-tax receipts''' are [[government revenue]] not generated from [[tax]]es. For example - bond issues and profits of state-owned companies.

== Examples ==
* Aid from another level of government (intragovernmental aid): in the United States, [[Federal grants in the United States|federal grants]] may be considered non-tax revenue for the receiving [[U.S. state|states]], and [[equalization payments]]
* Aid from abroad ([[foreign aid]])
* [[Tributary state|Tribute]] or [[Indemnity#Costs of war|indemnities]] paid by a weaker state to a stronger one, often as a condition of peace after suffering military defeat. The [[war reparations]] paid by the defeated [[Central Powers]] after the [[First World War]] offer a well-known example.
* [[Loan]]s, or other borrowing, from monetary funds and/or other [[government]]s
* Revenue from [[state-owned enterprise]]s (for example, revenue from [[Public Sector Unions]])
* Revenue (including [[interest]] or [[Profit (accounting)|profit]]) from [[Collective investment scheme|investment funds]] (collective investment schemes), [[sovereign wealth fund]]s, [[Investment]] or [[Financial endowment|endowment]]s, .
* Revenues from sales of state [[asset]]s
* [[Economic rent|Rents]], [[Concession (contract)|concessions]], and [[royalties]] collected by the state when it [[contract]]s out the right to profit from some good or service to a [[private corporation]]. An example are contracts for [[resource extraction]] (for such [[natural resource]]s as [[mineral]]s, [[timber]], [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]], or marine resources) collected privately under license from state-owned lands
* [[Fine (penalty)|Fines]] collected and [[Asset forfeiture|assets forfeitured]] as a [[Sanctions (law)|penalty]]. Examples include [[Parking violation|parking fines]], [[court costs]] levied on [[Crime|criminal offenders]]

* [[Fee]]s for the granting regulates or issuance of [[License|permits or licenses]]. Examples include [[vehicle registration plate]] permits, [[vehicle registration]] fees, [[watercraft]] registration fees, building fees, [[driver's license]]s, [[Hunting license|hunting and fishing licenses]], fees for [[Licensure|professional licensing]], fees for [[Visa (document)|visas]] or [[passport]]s, fees for [[demolition]], [[rezoning]], and [[land grading]] (which causes [[silt]]), and sometimes for increasing [[stormwater]] [[runoff (water)|runoff]], destroying native [[vegetation]], and cutting-down healthy [[tree]]s.
* [[User fee]]s collected in exchange for the use of many public services and facilities. Tolls charged for the use of [[toll road]]s are an example
* Donations and [[Voluntary taxation|voluntary contributions to the state]]

== The volatility of non-tax revenue ==

Non-tax revenues can fluctuate significantly from one year to another. Indeed, their value is correlated with changing economic circumstances, repayments and interest on loans may be renegotiated, a record fine in the field of competition can significantly vary the profits of fines and penalties. Moreover, some years are marked by exceptional events: for example, in France in 2012, the sale of "4G" radio frequencies resulted in the collection of nearly €1.3 billion in non-tax revenues.

==References ==
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* https://www.performance-publique.budget.gouv.fr/budget-comptes-etat/budget-etat/approfondir/recettes-etat/recettes-non-fiscales#.XpszoNMzZ0t
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