The state revenue report for October, the fourth month of the fiscal year, shows net revenues to date (the amount on which the budget is set) $231.8 million above forecast.
The report notes that money is swollen to some degree by a delay of the income tax deadline from April in the last fiscal year to July in the new fiscal year.
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Gross revenues are up 13.8 percent over the same period last year.
The October numbers remain positive. Gross revenues of $565.5 million were $11.1 million or 2 percent more than the same month a year ago and $66.9 million above forecast, a big contributor to the growing surplus.
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All major tax categories were above forecast, with the sales tax a 12 percent increase over last year.
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