wo:Revenue Sources, Structure, and Administration years There have been no changes in the structure or administration of the tax in that period of time. Collections are in thousands of dollars, and fiscal years end on 6. These are the collections from a state liquor excise tax for a number of 30. Your job is to forecast collections for fiscal years 2017 and 2018. It is a minor source of revenue to the state, so use of causal economic modeling is not likely to be seen as worthwhile. 2006: 144,990 2007: 153,831 2008: 162,083 2009: 170,469 2010: 193,181 2011: 195,179 2012: 212,501 2013: 223,036 2014: 239,494 2015: 245,693