State of Kansas finished year with $107 million more in revenue than expected

? A new report says Kansas finished its latest fiscal year with $107 million more in revenue than anticipated.

The 2011 fiscal year ended June 30. A final report from the Kansas Legislative Research Department says revenue for the year totaled almost $5.9 billion — nearly 2 percent higher than the $5.8 billion forecasters had predicted in April.

It also tops the $5.2 billion collected in fiscal 2010, but the state increased its sales tax last year.

For fiscal 2011, individual income tax collections totaled $2.7 billion, nearly $115 million more than expected.

But sales tax revenue fell $25 million short of the $2 billion that state forecasters had predicted.