Columbus Dispatch

Email Print Comments COLUMBUS -- The Ohio state budget office reported on Thursday that the state has finally broken a four-year trend of falling tax collections amid the recession and manufacturing layoffs.The Columbus Dispatch reported that the state has shown tax receipts that were up to 9.1 percent in the fiscal year that ended on June 30.Ohio took in $17.7 billion in tax revenue, which was $1.5 billion more than they received last year.The newspaper reported that the break in the trend still was $2 billion less than 2006, when the four year trend started.State officials said that the 12 percent jump in income tax revenue and 6 percent raise in tax collections was more than expected.Copyright 2011 by WLWT.com.

The Associated Press contributed to this report..

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