Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Finance Department

 

To:  Dave Corliss, City Manager

From:  Ed Mullins, Finance Director

Date:  May 30, 2012

Subject:  Sales Tax Distributions

 

Sales Tax

 

The City of Lawrence has recently received its May sales tax distribution.  The distribution is the result of retail sales from mid-March to mid-April.  The distribution of $2,685,526.96 is $120,000 more than the prior year distribution for the same month.  It also includes $5,193.21 from the Free State Transportation Development District and $9,201.60 from the Oread District.  The distribution also includes other amounts that will be paid to the Oread Tax Increment Financing District.

 

The 2012 budget for the total sales and use tax distribution is $30,555,461.  A summary of the latest city sales/use tax distribution is shown in the table below.  The total sales/use taxes for 2012 are now projected to be $31,675,000.

 

Sales/Use Tax

Budget

Month

Year to Date

% of Budget

City 1%

13,880,266

1,225,943

6,060,523

43.7%

Infrastructure .3%

4,164,079

367,783

1,818,157

43.7%

Transit .2%

2,776,053

245,188

1,212,103

43.7%

Transit Eq.  .05%

694,013

61,298

303,027

43.7%

County 1%

9,041,050

770,919

3,807,494

42.1%

 

A spreadsheet showing total monthly sales tax distributions since 2001 is attached. Additional sales tax information is provided in the tables and graphs below.

 

                                    City of Lawrence   1.55% Sales Tax by NAICS

 

 

 

 

May 2012

May 2011

 

 

 

NAICS

Description

Amount

Percent

Percent

 

 

 

22

Utilities

       107,322.38

6.17%

7.19%

 

 

 

23

Construction

         33,152.65

1.91%

1.28%

 

 

 

31-33

Manufacturing

         26,042.63

1.50%

1.58%

 

 

 

42

Wholesale Trade

         75,203.93

4.33%

4.53%

 

 

 

44-49

Retail Trade and Transportation

   1,004,684.73

57.80%

55.95%

 

 

 

51-62

Information and Professional Services

       140,986.38

8.11%

8.48%

 

 

 

71-72

Accommodation and Food Services

       262,812.30

15.12%

14.10%

 

 

 

81-99

Services and Other

         88,138.92

5.07%

6.89%

 

 

 

   1,738,343.92

100.00%

100.00%

 

 

 

 

City of Lawrence

Monthly sales/use tax budget variance

1% City

Over

County

Over

.55% City

Over

Month

Sales/Use

Budget

(Under)

Sales/Use

Budget

(Under)

Sales/Use

Budget

(Under)

January

1,227,270

1,120,880

106,390

767,058

738,586

28,472

674,998

616,483

58,515

February

1,312,285

1,250,569

61,716

824,375

805,642

18,733

721,757

687,813

33,944

March

1,249,033

1,187,463

61,570  

788,033  

774,126

13,877  

686,967

653,105

 33,862

April

1,045,992  

948,084

97,908

657,139  

617,929

39,210

575,296

521,446

53,850

May

1,225,943  

1,154,754

71,189

770,919  

755,243

15,676  

674,269

635,115

39,154  

June

  

1,154,946

  

  

746,466

 

635,220

  

July

  

1,197,423

  

  

773,079

  

 

658,583

  

August

  

1,070,212

 

  

704,267

 

 

588,617

 

September

  

1,107,604

 

  

728,037

 

  

609,182

 

October

  

1,246,994

 

  

813,318

 

  

685,847

 

November

  

1,201,507

 

  

779,850

 

  

660,829

 

December

 

1,239,830

 

804,508

 

681,907

6,060,523

13,880,266

398,773

3,807,494

9,041,050

115,968

3,333,287

7,634,147

219,325