The new surplus - a mirage? [View all]

We heard gloating how the we got so much more tax payment that the state has a great surplus.

Not so fast. These payments came late in the year which may mean that many high earners, who will be limited on how much state tax they will be able to deduce for the 2018 tax year, chose to prepay in 2017.

And, this, apparently, is the reason why the commissioner warned Dayton that this may be a timing issue.

Hope that the Republicans will not attempt to run with this in November. And, that the Democrats will be able to point this out.