Impressive Improvement in Dec. Tax Revenues

(Reuters) - "Tax collections in most U.S. states continued to grow at the close of 2010 as employment conditions improved, a survey released on Thursday showed.

In December, 76 percent of the states surveyed by economic newsletter The Liscio Report met or exceeded their forecasted withheld income tax collections, up from 66 percent in November and in line with October. Also, 85 percent of the states said their collections had grown from December 2009."