Indiana tax collections have fallen below expectations four of the first five months of the fiscal year.
November tax revenues came in about $48 million below expected levels, due primarily to individual income tax collections that underperformed by about 10-percent.
Through nearly half of the fiscal year that began in July, state revenues are about $85 million below projections, about 1.5-percent less than expected.
And while sales and corporate tax collections have exceeded expectations, individual income taxes are more than $100 million off the mark.
Yet House Ways and Means Chair Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville) notes the state’s collected nearly $200 million more this year than it had the same time last year.
“Now last year, fiscal year, was a down year compared to the prior, so we’re growing from a little bit smaller base," Brown says. "So we’re still on target for the end of this year but I am encouraged that our year-over-year is higher.”
A new revenue forecast is due later this month.