OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma finance officials say
a tax package approved by Congress to avert the fiscal cliff in
Washington will result in less projected income tax collections for the
upcoming fiscal year, although the exact amount is still being
determined.
Officials with the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services said Wednesday an estimated $50 million in income
tax revenue projections certified last month were based on the
assumption that higher federal income tax rates would take effect Jan.
1. Since most of those tax hikes were averted as a result of the deal
reached in Congress, OMES spokesman John Estus says some percentage of
that $50 million will not be available.
Estus says the Oklahoma Tax Commission is working to determine exactly how much projected revenue will be lost.
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