Total receipts now stand at about $3.4 million.
Federal tax receipts now amount to an estimated 15.7percentt share of national output, the lowest share since 1950.
But it could be argued that low tax receipts now are having a pernicious impact, particularly on state and local governments.
In the thermal receipts now routinely given out by stores, BPA is often used as a color developer for the printing dye.
The OBR predicts that tobacco receipts, now 0.6% of GDP, will supply half of that by 2030.The government could respond by increasing sin-tax rates.
In addition, cash-register receipts contain much more information than a simple list of item prices; many receipts now include discount coupons based on the specific items purchased by the shopper.
The bulk of its net foreign-currency receipts now comes from capital inflows, not the current-account surplus.According to leaked official figures, China's foreign-exchange reserves jumped by $115 billion during April and May, to $1.8 trillion.
There was a growing chorus of backbenchers calling for the parliamentary authorities to "bite the bullet" and publish all the receipts now to spare them from spending the coming days wondering if they would be next in line to have their dirty linen, paid for by the nation, paraded in public.
Japan is already past saving with almost 250% of their GDP in debt and 40% of their annual tax receipts now going to debt service and they are STILL running a 10% annual deficit (here's me discussing it on TV earlier this month).
If you want to start a budget, but aren't sure how to estimate your food costs, start saving all your receipts now.
