MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin’s state budget surplus is growing.
Preliminary Wisconsin Department of Revenue figures for 2025-26 show state tax collections came in more than $450 million higher than expected. That grows the state’s projected surplus for the end of the 2025-27 budget cycle to nearly $3 billion.
Wisconsin collected $10.6 billion in individual income tax, $8.2 billion in sales and use taxes and $3.0 billion in corporate income and franchise taxes over the fiscal year.