State Tax Revenues Lower Than Expected

May 20, 2002 State Tax Revenues Lower Than Expected Seventy-eight percent of tax revenues for the 50 states increased less than 10 percent between 2000 and 2001, and 16 percent of states experienced a decrease in tax revenues during the period according to the U.S. Dept. of Commerce's Census Bureau. The 2001 Annual Survey of State Tax Collections shows that many states are facing even more serious shortfalls than they had anticipated, putting more pressure on states to cut funding for children and families. The 2001 tabulations show population, tax collections by category and per-capita taxes . . .