The phrase "a shortfall with" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a deficiency or lack of something in relation to a specific subject or context.
Example: "There was a shortfall with the budget allocation for the project, which affected its progress."
Alternatives: "a deficit in" or "a shortcoming in".
A chunk of America's natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico is still out of action and, unlike oil or even petroleum, it is hard to make up for a shortfall with imports.
If you must make up a shortfall with your fourth estimated payment, there might be a small penalty (really just interest), but you may be able to escape it by filing a form 2210 showing, for example, a big gain at year-end.
He wants City Hall to help ward off a $120 million shortfall with an increase in spending, and the Legislature to end its stalemate over education spending.
Or rather, they reckon that the combination of an inflation shortfall with an employment shortfall implies monetary impotency.
When he ran for board chairman in 1991, he ousted the Democratic incumbent in a landslide, then wiped out a $200 million budget shortfall with a bipartisan plan that spread the pain and generated a unanimous vote.
The fact that such a sales shortfall with otherwise strong growth sent investors scrambling to sell stocks is a sign of how uncertain many investors feel about the outlook for the economy.
Now, for the first time this year, there is a significant shortfall, with takings 21% down on the same session a year ago, when 300: Rise of an Empire knocked The Lego Movie off the top spot.
Despite the £30m contribution from TFL and another £30m from the Treasury, the trust has revealed that it still has a £47m shortfall, with construction work on the bridge due to commence at the start of next year.
He proposed eliminating a $26.6 billion shortfall with nearly equal measures of spending cuts — to public schools, higher education, health care programs for the elderly, economic-redevelopment funds for communities — and extensions of modest surcharges on the state's income tax (0.25 percent), sales tax (1 percent) and automobile registrations (0.5 percent) that would otherwise expire.
They found there was a significant shortfall with almost half of the alcohol sold unaccounted for in the consumption figures given by drinkers.
Yet never has Mr. Silver faced such a tough test of his abilities and principles as he does this year, when he must negotiate a way to close an $11.5 billion budget shortfall with a governor who has vowed to cut spending deeply on schools and health care rather than raise taxes.
