Georgia’s revenues jump 4 percent in February

Georgia’s budget writers got a dose of good news on Wednesday.

State revenues jumped 4 percent in February compared with the same month a year ago. In all, the state’s tax collections were up 5.6 percent after the first eight months of this fiscal year.

Individual income tax rates decreased 12 percent in February, but sales tax collections grew by 8 percent and corporate income tax revenue increased by 92 percent.