JEFFERSON CITY | As expected, October was another ugly month for state revenue collections in Missouri.
High unemployment has sapped income-tax collections, and the still-weak economy has seriously dented sales-tax revenues.
Since the start of the fiscal year in July, the state has collected $2.15 billion in general revenues -- 10.8 percent less than the same months in 2008. For October, revenues were $442.7 million -- fully 14 percent off the $514.8 million collected a year ago.
Here's the breakdown for each tax type, as reported by the state Office of Administration:
Individual income tax collections
*Decreased 8.3 percent for the year, from $1.68 billion last year to $1.54 billion this year.
*Decreased 8.6 percent for the month.
Sales and use tax collections
*Decreased 10.8 percent for the year, from $645.1 million last year to $575.1 million this year.
*Decreased 24.4 percent for the month.
Corporate income and corporate franchise tax collections
*Decreased 12.3 percent for the year, from $151.8 million last year to $133.1 million this year.
*Decreased 26.2 percent for the month.
All other collections
*Decreased 8.3 percent for the year, from $135.5 million last year to $124.3 million this year.
*Increased 2.0 percent for the month.
Refunds
*Increased 10.9 percent for the year, from $202.4 million last year to $224.6 million this year.
*Decreased 5.9 percent for the month.
