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Impact Fee Update:
- Estimates CY 2014 impact fee revenues and the corresponding effective tax rate.
- Discusses recent price and production trends in the natural gas industry
- Provides an outlook for CY 2015.
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Pennsylvania Gaming Trends
- Examines tax revenue trends for casino and pari-mutuel gaming and net profit trends for the lottery.
- Presents regional state tax and gross revenue data for slot machines and table games.
- Discusses how gaming tax revenues and lottery profits flow through various funds to their end use.
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Fiscal Implications of a York County School District Consolidation
- Provides potential consolidation savings and costs for 15 York County school districts.
- Calculates the real estate tax millage using various earned income tax rates and administrative savings thresholds.
- Discusses the implications for York County taxpayers.
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Pennsylvania's Economic & Budget Outlook:
Fiscal Years 2014-15 to 2019-20 IFO Annual Presentation
- Thursday November 13, 2014; 1:30PM
- Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Conference Center
- Guest Presenter, Mr. Daniel White, Senior Economist at Moody's Analytics
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Monthly Economic Report
- The report provides a snapshot of monthly and quarterly economic trends for PA and the US.
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Revenue Trends Report Report Highlights:
- Revenues to the General Fund.
- Three and twelve-month trends.
- Factors affecting changes to General Fund revenues.
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Welcome

Welcome to the Home page of the Independent Fiscal Office (IFO). This page provides links to materials recently published or presented by the IFO. For a complete listing of publications and presentations made during the past year, please see the Releases page. If you would like to receive e-mails from the IFO when new documents are posted to this website, please sign up for our e-mail alerts. Click here to add your address to the list.

Recent additions:

State and Local Taxes: A Comparison Across States. This report examines how Pennsylvania's state and local tax structure compares to other states.
Monthly Economic Report for February 2015. Prior months are available on the "Releases" tab.

Revenue Trends Report for February 2015. Prior months are available on the "Releases" tab.

Impact Fee Update. This research brief provides an estimate of CY 2014 impact fee revenues and the corresponding annual average effective tax rate.
- Research Brief - Impact Fee Update
- Background - Explanation of effective tax rates: annual average vs. lifetime
Pennsylvania Gaming Trends. This research brief examines tax revenue trends for casino and pari-mutuel gaming and net profit trends for the lottery.
Budget and economic outlook update. Presentation to the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce by Director Matthew Knittel.
Mid-Year Update to the IFO’s revenue estimate for FY 2014-15.
- Press Release
- Presentation (updated to reflect actual revenue collections through January)
Quarterly Revenue Review for the fourth quarter of 2014. Compares actual revenues to IFO estimates.
School property tax forecast - updated for fiscal years 2013-14 through 2019-20.
Fiscal Implications of a York County School District Consolidation.
- Full Report
- Presentation
Pennsylvania's Economic & Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years 2014-15 to 2019-20.
State Economic Comparison. This r esearch brief uses new data to examine the performance of the Pennsylvania economy and four adjacent states over a ten-year period.
Quarterly revenue estimates for fiscal year 2014-15. Includes the General Fund, Motor License Fund and Lottery Fund.