Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Finance Department

 

To:  Dave Corliss, City Manager

From:  Ed Mullins, Finance Director

Date:  June 30, 2014

Subject:  Sales Tax Distribution

 

 

The City of Lawrence has recently received its June sales tax distribution.  The distribution is the result of retail sales from mid-April to mid-May.  The distribution of $2,917,925.29 is $290,000 more than the prior year distribution for the same month.  It also includes $7,302.05 from the Free State Transportation Development District and $8,305.98 from the Oread District.  The distribution also includes other amounts that will be paid to the Oread Tax Increment Financing District.

 

The 2014 budget for the total sales and use tax distribution is $33,556,100.  A summary of the latest city sales/use tax distribution is shown in the table below.  If the current trend continues, total sales tax distributions should total over $34.0 million.                                                                             

 

Sales/Use Tax

Budget

Month

Year to Date

% of Budget

City 1%

15,397,129

1,321,279

7,799,947

50.7%

Infrastructure .3%

4,619,139

396,384

2,339,985

50.7%

Transit .2%

3,079,426

264,256

1,559,989

50.7%

Transit Eq.  .05%

769,856

66,064

389,998

50.7%

County 1%

9,690,550

854,334

4,966,922

51.3%

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

June 2014

June 2013

 

 

 

NAICS

Description

Amount

Percent

Percent

 

 

 

22

Utilities

       121,643.52

6.54%

7.02%

 

 

 

23

Construction

         59,207.33

3.18%

1.89%

 

 

 

31-33

Manufacturing

         36,193.42

1.95%

1.94%

 

 

 

42

Wholesale Trade

         69,629.81

3.75%

4.10%

 

 

 

44-49

Retail Trade and Transportation

   1,058,006.17

56.91%

56.37%

 

 

 

51-62

Information and Professional Services

       143,431.54

7.71%

8.48%

 

 

 

71-72

Accommodation and Food Services

       282,998.46

15.22%

15.71%

 

 

 

81-99

Services and Other

         88,089.89

4.74%

4.48%

 

 

 

   1,859,200.14

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

1,352,161

1,320,914

31,247

849,195

826,105

23,090

743,689

726,503

17,186

February

1,391,135

1,352,124

 39,011

 876,292

846,899

 29,393

 765,124

743,668

 21,456

March

1,282,961

1,266,552

 16,409

 811,212

797,422

 13,790

 705,629

696,604

 9,025

April

1,174,390

1,123,866

 50,524

 750,017

706,470

 43,547

 645,915

618,126

 27,789

May

1,278,021

1,239,377

 38,644

 825,872

778,139

 47,733

 702,911

681,657

 21,254

June

1,321,279

1,220,973

 100,306

 854,334

770,066

 84,268

 726,704

671,535

 55,169

July

0

1,348,818

 

 

849,859

 

 

741,850

 

August

0

1,345,645

 

 

847,559

 

 

740,105

 

September

0

1,268,662

 

 

803,749

 

 

697,764

 

October

0

1,352,896

 

 

847,730

 

 

744,093

 

November

0

1,243,334

 

 

789,907

 

 

683,834

 

December

0

1,313,968

 

 

826,645

 

 

722,682

 

7,799,947

15,397,129

276,141

4,966,922

9,690,550

241,821

4,289,972

8,468,421

151,879