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October Revenue Report Hits Close To Estimates

Office of Budget and Management Director Tim Keen addresses a House committee regarding the budget.
Karen Kasler
Office of Budget and Management Director Tim Keen addresses a House committee regarding the budget.

After a tough year of forecasting last year, the state's budget projections turned out to be right on target for last month. 

The state budget office's estimates for how much personal income tax revenue it would bring in for October were off by just $141,000. Several categories of taxes were up sharply, such as the commercial activity tax - nearly 25% above estimates for the month.

But total tax revenue for the month was down by $80 million or 3 percent, and for the year it's $13 million off estimates - just one tenth of a percent.

State budget director Tim Keen had said he would revise his forecasts downward after last year, when estimates were off in 11 of the 12 monthly reports. 

Copyright 2017 The Statehouse News Bureau

Andy Chow is a general assignment state government reporter who focuses on environmental, energy, agriculture, and education-related issues. He started his journalism career as an associate producer with ABC 6/FOX 28 in Columbus before becoming a producer with WBNS 10TV.