Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Finance Department

 

To:  Dave Corliss, City Manager

From:  Ed Mullins, Finance Director

Date:  April 29, 2013

Subject:  Sales Tax Distributions

 

 

 

The City of Lawrence has recently received its April sales tax distribution.  The distribution is the result of retail sales from mid-February to mid-March.  The distribution of $2,415,593.33 is $120,000 more than the prior year distribution for the same month.  It also includes $5,777.98 from the Free State Transportation Development District and $7,749.58 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 was 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

1,099,469

4,953,537

33.0%

Infrastructure .3%

4,502,250

329,841

1,486,062

33.0%

Transit .2%

3,001,500

219,894

990,709

33.0%

Transit Eq.  .05%

750,375

54,974

247,678

33.0%

County 1%

9,476,000

697,889

3,138,305

33.1%

 

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

 

 

 

 

April 2013

April 2012

 

 

 

NAICS

Description

Amount

Percent

Percent

 

 

 

22

Utilities

       134,601.80

8.52%

5.76%

 

 

 

23

Construction

         31,594.87

2.00%

1.49%

 

 

 

31-33

Manufacturing

         20,382.95

1.29%

1.21%

 

 

 

42

Wholesale Trade

         62,168.20

3.94%

4.39%

 

 

 

44-49

Retail Trade and Transportation

       874,266.32

55.34%

56.91%

 

 

 

51-62

Information and Professional Services

       130,768.11

8.28%

8.75%

 

 

 

71-72

Accommodation and Food Services

       222,090.92

14.06%

15.64%

 

 

 

81-99

Services and Other

       103,933.14

6.58%

5.84%

 

 

 

   1,579,806.31

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

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

 

4,953,537

15,007,500

44,108

3,138,305

9,476,000

61,671

2,724,449

8,254,125

24,265