Indiana’s new fiscal year got off to a rough start as state tax revenue collections last month were more than $14 million below projections.
The first month of the 2014 fiscal year did not meet expectations as Indiana collected 1.4% less in tax revenues than predicted.
The biggest hit came from individual income tax collections, which were $12 million below expected levels.
Sales tax collections were down $10 million. State Budget Director Brian Bailey says the drop is in part because the state transferred sales tax money to the Motor Vehicle Highway Fund, as required by the budget bill passed last session. He says without the sales tax redirection, state tax revenues would only have been about $4 million below expectations.