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State Revenue Higher Than Projections Four Months In A Row

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Indiana’s tax collections remain just barely above target through eight months of the fiscal year. 

The state brought in about 45-million more tax dollars in February than expected, more than 6.5-percent above target. That’s despite sales and corporate tax revenues that came in below projections. 

The state’s positive revenue month was almost entirely due to individual income tax collections – $65 million, or 131-percent better than expected. 

That brings the state’s total tax revenues through eight months of the fiscal year to $52 million above target – less than a percent better than expectations. 

February marks four consecutive months the state’s revenues have exceeded projections.  

Brandon Smith is excited to be working for public radio in Indiana. He has previously worked in public radio as a reporter and anchor in mid-Missouri for KBIA Radio out of Columbia. Prior to that, he worked for WSPY Radio in Plano, Illinois as a show host, reporter, producer and anchor. His first job in radio was in another state capitol, in Jefferson City, Missouri, as a reporter for three radio stations around Missouri. Brandon graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Journalism in 2010, with minors in political science and history. He was born and raised in Chicago.