Memorandum
City of Lawrence
Finance Department
To: Dave Corliss, City Manager
From: Ed Mullins, Finance Director
Date: October 29, 2013
Subject: Sales Tax Distribution
The City of Lawrence has recently received its October sales tax distribution. The distribution is the result of retail sales from mid-August to mid-September. The distribution of $2,893,758.04 is about $20,000 less than the prior year distribution for the same month. It also includes $4,857.65 from the Oread TDD. 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 nine months of 2013 sales tax distribution was up 2.7% compared to the first nine months of 2012. A total of $520,145 has been paid to the Oread TIF district in 2013.
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Sales/Use Tax |
Budget |
Month |
Year to Date |
% of Budget |
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City 1% |
15,007,500 |
1,323,527 |
12,561,099 |
83.7% |
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Infrastructure .3% |
4,502,250 |
397,058 |
3,768,330 |
83.7% |
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Transit .2% |
3,001,500 |
264,705 |
2,512,222 |
83.7% |
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Transit Eq. .05% |
750,375 |
66,176 |
628,056 |
83.7% |
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County 1% |
9,476,000 |
757,324 |
7,975,923 |
84.2% |
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 |
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Oct 2013 |
Oct 2012 |
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NAICS |
Description |
Amount |
Percent |
Percent |
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22 |
Utilities |
143,908.96 |
6.68% |
7.59% |
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23 |
Construction |
36,993.48 |
2.56% |
1.75% |
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31-33 |
Manufacturing |
27,056.17 |
1.52% |
1.72% |
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42 |
Wholesale Trade |
68,895.46 |
4.17% |
3.81% |
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44-49 |
Retail Trade and Transportation |
1,063,466.36 |
56.73% |
56.76% |
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51-62 |
Information and Professional Services |
155,653.64 |
8.00% |
7.64% |
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71-72 |
Accommodation and Food Services |
223,999.02 |
13.04% |
13.73% |
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81-99 |
Services and Other |
71,147.06 |
7.30% |
7.01% |
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1,791,120.15 |
100.00% |
100.00% |
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City of Lawrence |
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Monthly sales/use tax budget variance |
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1% City |
Over |
County |
Over |
.55% City |
Over |
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Month |
Sales/Use |
Budget |
(Under) |
Sales/Use |
Budget |
(Under) |
Sales/Use |
Budget |
(Under) |
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January |
1,292,239 |
1,246,270 |
45,969 |
816,068 |
777,176 |
38,892 |
710,732 |
685,448 |
25,284 |
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February |
1,322,771 |
1,332,602 |
(9,831) |
836,612 |
835,251 |
1,361 |
727,525 |
732,930 |
(5,405) |
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March |
1,239,058 |
1,268,371 |
(29,313) |
787,736 |
798,399 |
(10,663) |
681,483 |
697,604 |
(16,121) |
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April |
1,099,469 |
1,062,186 |
37,283 |
697,889 |
665,808 |
32,081 |
604,709 |
584,202 |
20,507 |
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May |
1,212,473 |
1,244,923 |
(32,450) |
768,687 |
781,089 |
(12,402) |
666,681 |
684,708 |
(17,847) |
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June |
1,194,468 |
1,227,313 |
(32,845) |
760,712 |
772,737 |
(12,025) |
656,958 |
675,022 |
(18,064) |
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July |
1,319,538 |
1,272,145 |
47,393 |
839,536 |
799,247 |
40,289 |
725,746 |
699,680 |
26,066 |
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August |
1,316,434 |
1,363,441 |
(47,007) |
837,264 |
863,738 |
(26,474) |
724,039 |
749,893 |
(25,854) |
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September |
1,241,122 |
1,111,896 |
129,226 |
793,986 |
720,826 |
73,160 |
682,616 |
611,543 |
71,073 |
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October |
1,323,527 |
1,341,630 |
(18,103) |
7,975,923 |
855,774 |
(18,341) |
727,939 |
737,897 |
(9,958) |
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November |
0 |
1,336,342 |
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0 |
850,958 |
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0 |
734,988 |
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December |
0 |
1,200,381 |
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0 |
754,997 |
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0 |
660,210 |
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12,561,099 |
15,007,500 |
90,322 |
7,975,923 |
9,476,000 |
105,878 |
6,908,608 |
8,254,125 |
49,681 |
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