Indiana officials will soon close the books on the state’s 2024 fiscal year, which officially ended June 30. And the state headed into that final month on track to meet budget expectations.
May’s total tax collections exceeded the state budget plan for the first time in four months.
That’s despite sales taxes failing to meet expectations for the 14th consecutive month. For this fiscal year, sales tax collections are nearly $89 million off the mark.
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May was buoyed, however, by stronger-than-expected income tax revenue, both individual and corporate. That helped lead the state to sit about $42 million ahead of the budget plan through 11 months of the fiscal year. That’s essentially on target, a difference from projections of just 0.2 percent.
Brandon is our Statehouse bureau chief. Contact him at bsmith@ipbs.org or follow him on Twitter at @brandonjsmith5 .
