Mass. October tax collections up

BOSTON, Mass. (AP) - Massachusetts Tax collections have come in slightly over expectations in October.

Revenue Commissioner Navjeet Bal said Wednesday that preliminary revenue collections for October totaled more than $1.2 billion.  That's $22 million above the monthly benchmark based on revised tax revenue estimate for the current fiscal year.

It's also up $72 million or 6.3 percent from last October.  October is one of the smaller months for tax revenue collections.