BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts is reporting that February tax collections were up more than 4.5 percent compared with last year.
Revenue Commissioner Amy Pitter said Tuesday that preliminary revenue collections came in $46 million higher than last February.
Pitter said higher than expected income tax withholding and sales tax revenues offset weaker income tax payments and corporate tax collections to end the month $25 million above the official prediction for February.
Tax collections since the fiscal year began last July total nearly $13.4 billion.
That's $500 million or nearly 4 percent more than a year ago. It's also $332 million above the year-to-date estimate.
Pitter said February is typically the smallest month of the year for new revenue.
She also warned that uncertainty over federal fiscal policy could be a factor in the state's revenue outlook.
