Total tax revenues collected in August were nearly $31 million less than projected. That leaves Indiana slightly behind its state budget plan early in the new fiscal year.

Only once in the last year have corporate tax collections performed at or above expectations.

Overall, the state’s tax collections essentially met the budget plan approved last year, 0.01 percent better than expected.

The state had been on a roll, only once in five months did it bring in fewer tax dollars than its budget planned for.

Total revenues are about $26 million less than planned through 10 months of the current cycle.

Indiana tax collections surpassed expectations in February, but with a third of the fiscal year remaining total tax revenues remain about $20 million behind the state’s budget plan.

Just over halfway through the year, total tax collections for Indiana are about $40 million behind the state's budget plan.

Tax collections exceeded expectations in December, the first time that's happened this fiscal year.

State leaders say the underwhelming revenues are a result of explainable outside forces.

November's collections put the state nearly $150 million below target through five months of the fiscal year. That's despite a second consecutive month of positive performances from both sales and individual income taxes.