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Tax Collections Positive Through Three Quarters Of Fiscal Year

Budget authors Sen. Luke Kenley (R-Noblesville), left, and Rep. Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville), right, will receive a new revenue forecast before finalizing the budget.
Brandon Smith/IPB
Budget authors Sen. Luke Kenley (R-Noblesville), left, and Rep. Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville), right, will receive a new revenue forecast before finalizing the budget.

Indiana’s total collected revenue last month was 0.02 percent above projections – putting the state about $170 million ahead of target through nine months of the current fiscal year.

Last month saw the fourth consecutive month of better-than-predicted sales tax collections – that comes after a 10-month streak of poor performances.

And with three months to go in the fiscal year, all three primary tax collections exceed forecasted expectations: sales, corporate and individual income taxes.

Lawmakers will receive an updated revenue forecast next week as they finalize a new two-year state budget.

Brandon Smith has covered the Statehouse for Indiana Public Broadcasting for more than a decade, spanning three governors and a dozen legislative sessions. He's also the host of Indiana Week in Review, a weekly political and policy discussion program seen and heard across the state.
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