Releases

Revenue Estimates

IFO Releases
Release thumbnail - General Fund Five-Year Fiscal Outlook - 2025-11-20
General Fund Five-Year Fiscal Outlook
November 20, 2025 | Revenue Estimates

The Independent Fiscal Office released a one-page summary of highlights of its annual Fiscal Outlook for the General Fund. See the full report for additional detail not included in the one-page summary. 

Full Report - opens in a new tab

Release thumbnail - Pennsylvania Fiscal Outlook: FY 2025-26 to FY 2030-31 - 2025-11-20
Pennsylvania Fiscal Outlook: FY 2025-26 to FY 2030-31
November 20, 2025 | Revenue Estimates

 The Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) released its five-year Fiscal Outlook. Click the hyperlink above to view the report and presentation.

Full Report - opens in a new tab

Release thumbnail - Fiscal Outlook - 2025-11-12
Fiscal Outlook
November 12, 2025 | Revenue Estimates

Due to recent developments with the state budget, the IFO will postpone its long-term fiscal outlook for FY 2025-26 to FY 2030-31 to November 20 at 1:30 pm. The report will include an assessment of the General Fund surplus and Rainy Day Fund under current law and policies.

See the announcement for a link to register for the presentation. Those already registered do not need to re-register.

Full Report - opens in a new tab

Release thumbnail - General Fund Status Update - 2025-09-02
General Fund Status Update
September 02, 2025 | Revenue Estimates

The IFO released a budget brief that provides a General Fund update at the midpoint between the start of the fiscal year and release of its five-year outlook in November.

Full Report - opens in a new tab

Release thumbnail - Monthly and Quarterly Revenue Estimates - 2025-08-11
Monthly and Quarterly Revenue Estimates
August 11, 2025 | Revenue Estimates

This report provides revenue distributions based on the FY 2025-26 projections contained in the Official Revenue Estimate published by the IFO on June 20, 2025 and the impact of statutory changes enacted with federal H.R. 1.

Full Report - opens in a new tab

Release thumbnail - Revenue Estimate Performance - 2025-07-22
Revenue Estimate Performance
July 22, 2025 | Revenue Estimates

This report examines the historical performance of IFO revenue estimates. For FY 2024-25, actual collections exceeded IFO projections by 1.4%, or $640 million.

Tags: estimate, performance, revenues

Full Report - opens in a new tab

Release thumbnail - Federal Policy Uncertainty Impacts Budget - 2025-06-23
Federal Policy Uncertainty Impacts Budget
June 23, 2025 | Revenue Estimates

The IFO released a budget brief that discusses the potential impact of proposed federal policy changes on General Fund deficit projections.

Full Report - opens in a new tab

Release thumbnail - Official Revenue Estimate FY 2025-26 - 2025-06-20
Official Revenue Estimate FY 2025-26
June 20, 2025 | Revenue Estimates

The Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) released its official revenue estimate for FY 2025-26. Updated estimates for FY 2024-25 are included.

Methodology

Full Report - opens in a new tab

Release thumbnail - Initial Revenue Estimate FY 2025-26 - 2025-05-20
Initial Revenue Estimate FY 2025-26
May 20, 2025 | Revenue Estimates

The IFO released its initial revenue estimate for FY 2025-26. Click the hyperlink above to view the report and presentation.

Full Report - opens in a new tab

Release thumbnail - Initial Revenue Estimate Announcement - 2025-05-07
Initial Revenue Estimate Announcement
May 07, 2025 | Revenue Estimates

The IFO will release its Initial Revenue Estimate on Tuesday, May 20th at 1:30 PM. The report will contain revisions to the FY 2024-25 estimate and an initial estimate for FY 2025-26. See the announcement for a link to register for the presentation.

Full Report - opens in a new tab