Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Finance Department

 

To:  Dave Corliss, City Manager

From:  Ed Mullins, Finance Director

Date:  March 28, 2013

Subject:  Sales Tax Distributions

 

 

 

The City of Lawrence has recently received its March sales tax distribution.  The distribution is the result of retail sales from mid-January to mid-February.  The distribution of $2,725,861.49 is $18,000 less than the prior year distribution for the same month.  It also includes $10,213.37 from the Free State Transportation Development District and $7,371.91 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 quarter 2013 sales tax distribution is up slightly less than 2.0% compared to the first quarter of 2012.

 

Sales/Use Tax

Budget

Month

Year to Date

% of Budget

City 1%

15,007,500

1,239,058

3,854,068

25.7%

Infrastructure .3%

4,502,250

371,718

1,156,221

25.7%

Transit .2%

3,001,500

247,812

770,815

25.7%

Transit Eq.  .05%

750,375

61,953

192,704

25.7%

County 1%

9,476,000

787,736

2,440,416

25.8%

 

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

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                                    City of Lawrence   1.55% Sales Tax by NAICS

 

 

 

 

Mar 2013

Mar 2012

 

 

 

NAICS

Description

Amount

Percent

Percent

 

 

 

22

Utilities

       146,468.37

8.31%

8.91%

 

 

 

23

Construction

         37,711.62

2.14%

1.52%

 

 

 

31-33

Manufacturing

         18,991.34

1.08%

1.47%

 

 

 

42

Wholesale Trade

         71,236.93

4.04%

3.36%

 

 

 

44-49

Retail Trade and Transportation

       978,146.17

55.50%

56.50%

 

 

 

51-62

Information and Professional Services

       135,583.09

7.69%

7.91%

 

 

 

71-72

Accommodation and Food Services

       235,188.05

13.35%

13.89%

 

 

 

81-99

Services and Other

       138,966.42

7.89%

6.44%

 

 

 

   1,762,291.99

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

0

1,062,186

 

0

665,808

 

0

584,202

 

May

0

1,244,923

 

0

781,089

 

0

684,708

 

June

0

1,227,313

 

0

772,737

 

0

675,022

 

July

0

1,272,145

 

0

799,247

 

0

699,680

 

August

0

1,363,441

 

0

863,738

 

0

749,893

 

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

 

3,854,068

15,007,500

6,825

2,440,416

9,476,000

29,590

1,438,257

8,254,125

3,758