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NY Comptroller To Keep Eye On Holiday Tax Revenue

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New York state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says officials will be keeping an eye on tax collections during this holiday season after a slight dip in receipts. 

State tax collections totaled nearly $41.6 billion through October, a drop of 1.8 percent from the same period last year. DiNapoli blamed lagging personal income tax receipts. One bright spot: collections last month were higher than in October 2015.

With personal income taxes falling short of projections, DiNapoli says state officials will be closely watching holiday shopping tax collections as well as Wall Street bonuses, which are subject to state taxes.

Copyright 2016 The Associated Press.

Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.
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