Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Finance Department

 

To:  Dave Corliss, City Manager

From:  Ed Mullins, Finance Director

Date:  August 28, 2013

Subject:  Sales Tax Distributions

 

 

 

The City of Lawrence has recently received its July sales tax distribution.  The distribution is the result of retail sales from mid-June to mid-July.  The distribution of $2,905,745.44 is about $50,000 less than the prior year distribution for the same month.  It also includes $19,463.13 from the Free State Transportation Development District and $8,545.17 from the Oread District.  The distribution also includes other amounts that will be paid to the Oread Tax Increment Financing District.

 

The 2013 budget for the total sales and use tax distribution is $32,737,625.  A summary of the latest city sales/use tax distribution is shown in the table below.  The first half 2013 sales tax distribution was up 1.5% compared to the first half of 2012.

 

Sales/Use Tax

Budget

Month

Year to Date

% of Budget

City 1%

15,007,500

1,316,434

9,996,450

66.6%

Infrastructure .3%

4,502,250

394,930

2,998,936

66.6%

Transit .2%

3,001,500

263,287

1,999,293

66.6%

Transit Eq.  .05%

750,375

65,822

499,824

66.6%

County 1%

9,476,000

765,673

6,344,504

67.0%

 

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

 

 

 

 

Aug 2013

Aug 2012

 

 

 

NAICS

Description

Amount

Percent

Percent

 

 

 

22

Utilities

       111,008.22

5.90%

6.10%

 

 

 

23

Construction

         44,274.64

2.35%

2.25%

 

 

 

31-33

Manufacturing

         33,325.28

1.77%

2.03%

 

 

 

42

Wholesale Trade

         71,827.42

3.82%

3.87%

 

 

 

44-49

Retail Trade and Transportation

   1,081,029.16

57.46%

58.00%

 

 

 

51-62

Information and Professional Services

       216,538.99

11.51%

7.80%

 

 

 

71-72

Accommodation and Food Services

       246,267.69

13.09%

14.06%

 

 

 

81-99

Services and Other

         76,984.49

4.09%

5.88%

 

 

 

   1,881,255.89

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

1,292,239

1,246,270

45,969

816,068

777,176

38,892

710,732

685,448

25,284

February

1,322,771

1,332,602

(9,831)

836,612

835,251

1,361

727,525

732,930

(5,405)

March

1,239,058

1,268,371

 (29,313)

787,736

798,399

(10,663)

681,483

697,604

(16,121)

April

1,099,469

1,062,186

 37,283

697,889

665,808

 32,081

604,709

584,202

 20,507

May

1,212,473

1,244,923

 (32,450)

768,687

781,089

 (12,402)

666,681

684,708

 (17,847)

June

1,194,468

1,227,313

 (32,845)

760,712

772,737

 (12,025)

656,958

675,022

 (18,064)

July

1,319,538

1,272,145

 47,393

839,536

799,247

 40,289

725,746

699,680

 26,066

August

1,316,434

1,363,441

 (47,007)

837,264

863,738

 (26,474)

724,039

749,893

 (25,854)

September

0

1,111,896

 

0

720,826

 

0

611,543

 

October

0

1,341,630

 

0

855,774

 

0

737,897

 

November

0

1,336,342

 

0

850,958

 

0

734,988

 

December

0

1,200,381

 

0

754,997

 

0

660,210

 

9,996,450

15,007,500

(20,801)

6,344,504

9,476,000

51,059

5,498,053

8,254,125

(11,434)