State tax collections through December were below initial and recent projections, according to the New York State Comptroller’s Office.
Tax collections totaled $46.4 billion through December, which is $48.3 million below the state’s latest estimates and more than $685 million below initial estimates from April, according to the comptroller’s office.
“Tax collections are still not growing at the rate needed to meet year-end projections, and the boost in personal income taxes in December likely won’t continue,” Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said in a news release. “So far the budget has been balanced by spending less and taking advantage of one-time windfalls. With the budget process about to begin again, revenue projections should be realistic so that the budget is not balanced with revenues that won’t be there.”
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In order to meet current year-end projections, tax collections would have to grow more than 7 percent in the last three months of the year, DiNapoli’s office said. Current projections also do not include estimates of the potential effects of Hurricane Sandy on the budget.
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