The traffic light parties SPD, Greens and FDP can expect significantly more tax revenue in the next few years than was forecast in May.
The federal government can calculate a total of 71.7 billion euros more in the period from 2021 to 2025.
That is the result of the tax estimate by experts, which the Federal Ministry of Finance presented on Thursday in Berlin.
The federal, state and local governments together can even expect additional income of 179 billion euros.
For this year, the plus compared to the last estimate from May is 11.7 billion euros for the federal government, 22.5 billion euros for the federal states and 8.1 billion euros for the municipalities.
The SPD, Greens and FDP are currently negotiating the first traffic light coalition in the federal government.
Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) is to be elected Chancellor in December.
The Ampel partners want to modernize Germany - with massive investments in digitization and climate protection, among other things.
However, the budgetary situation is tight because of the virus pandemic.
This week the Federal Audit Office sounded the alarm and, in view of the high corona debts, called for stronger priorities to be set.
"The economy is stable and tax revenues are growing again - faster than expected," said Scholz.
And he added: "With record investments in digitization, research and climate protection, we want to continue supporting the trend." Despite the Corona crisis, Germany is financially well positioned.
Despite the ongoing corona crisis, the federal, state and local governments can expect significantly more tax income in the coming years than last thought.
According to figures from the Ministry of Finance on Thursday, the tax estimators assume that around 179 billion euros more will flow into the coffers by 2025 than predicted in May.