
Governor Perdue Announces January Revenue Figures
| Friday, February 4, 2005 | 
			  Contact: Office of Communications 404-651-7774
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ATLANTA, GA – Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that net revenue collections for the month of January 2005 (FY05) totaled $1,578,151,000 compared to $1,464,844,000 for January 2004 (FY04). This represents an increase of $113,307,000 (7.7%) over the previous year.
The percentage increase year-to-date for FY05 compared to FY04 is 11.9%. There have been five additional deposit days in FY05 compared to FY04.
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 GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE  | 
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 Comparative Net Revenue Collections (unaudited - 000's)  | 
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 For the Month Ended  | 
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 GENERAL FUND  | 
  January 2004  | 
  January 2005  | 
 $ Change  | 
 % Change  | 
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 Tax Revenues:  | 
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 Income Tax - Individual  | 
 $883,117  | 
 $827,108  | 
 $(56,009)  | 
 -6.3%  | 
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 Sales and Use Tax - General  | 
 $471,166  | 
 $551,340  | 
 $80,174  | 
 17.0%  | 
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 Motor Fuel Taxes:  | 
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 Prepaid Motor Fuel Sales Tax  | 
 $19,521  | 
 $28,127  | 
 $8,606  | 
 44.1%  | 
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 Motor Fuel Excise Tax  | 
 $39,694  | 
 $41,703  | 
 $2,009  | 
 5.1%  | 
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 Total Motor Fuel Taxes  | 
 $59,215  | 
 $69,830  | 
 $10,615  | 
 17.9%  | 
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 Income Tax - Corporate  | 
 $7,362  | 
 $31,999  | 
 $24,637  | 
 334.7%  | 
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 Tobacco Taxes  | 
 $17,226  | 
 $18,881  | 
 $1,655  | 
 9.6%  | 
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 Alcohol Beverages Tax  | 
 $17,167  | 
 $14,066  | 
 $(3,101)  | 
 -18.1%  | 
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 Estate Tax  | 
 $3,677  | 
 $3,287  | 
 $(390)  | 
 -10.6%  | 
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 Property Tax  | 
 $8,497  | 
 $12,281  | 
 $3,784  | 
 44.5%  | 
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 Total Tax Revenues  | 
 $1,467,427  | 
 $1,528,792  | 
 $61,365  | 
 4.2%  | 
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 Other Revenues:  | 
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 Other Fees and Sales  | 
 $(2,583)  | 
 $49,359  | 
 $51,942  | 
 2010.9%  | 
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 Total Taxes/Other Revenues  | 
 $1,464,844  | 
 $1,578,151  | 
 $113,307  | 
 7.7%  | 
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 Year-To-Date  | 
 
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 GENERAL FUND  | 
 FY 2004  | 
 FY 2005  | 
 $ Change  | 
 % Change  | 
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 Tax Revenues:  | 
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 Income Tax - Individual  | 
 $4,145,966  | 
 $4,483,315  | 
 $337,349  | 
 8.1%  | 
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 Sales and Use Tax - General  | 
 $2,757,543  | 
 $3,045,719  | 
 $288,176  | 
 10.5%  | 
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 Motor Fuel Taxes:  | 
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 Prepaid Motor Fuel Sales Tax  | 
 $136,611  | 
 $186,314  | 
 $49,703  | 
 36.4%  | 
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 Motor Fuel Excise Tax  | 
 $280,338  | 
 $272,450  | 
 $(7,888)  | 
 -2.8%  | 
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 Total Motor Fuel Taxes  | 
 $416,949  | 
 $458,764  | 
 $41,815  | 
 10.0%  | 
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 Income Tax - Corporate  | 
 $144,353  | 
 $288,421  | 
 $144,068  | 
 99.8%  | 
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 Tobacco Taxes  | 
 $107,699  | 
 $132,629  | 
 $24,930  | 
 23.1%  | 
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 Alcohol Beverages Tax  | 
 $86,759  | 
 $86,219  | 
 $(540)  | 
 -0.6%  | 
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 Estate Tax  | 
 $29,029  | 
 $29,897  | 
 $868  | 
 3.0%  | 
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 Property Tax  | 
 $47,534  | 
 $56,927  | 
 $9,393  | 
 19.8%  | 
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 Total Tax Revenues  | 
 $7,735,832  | 
 $8,581,891  | 
 $846,059  | 
 10.9%  | 
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 Other Revenues:  | 
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 Other Fees and Sales  | 
 $48,498  | 
 $128,102  | 
 $79,604  | 
 164.1%  | 
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 Total Taxes/Other Revenues  | 
 $7,784,330  | 
 $8,709,993  | 
 $925,663  | 
 11.9%  | 
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Notes:
- Totals do not include Motor Vehicle License Tax, Insurance Premium Tax, Peace Officers' and Prosecutors Training Fund fees and State Children's Trust fund
 - Other Fees and Sales include taxes and fees that have been deposited in the bank, but the returns have not been processed. It also includes unclaimed property collections.
 - 3. FY 2004 December numbers were adjusted in the following manner:
 
- Income Tax - Individual was increase by $16.8M as a result of allocating the accelerated withholding collections evenly throughout 2004.
- $18M was reclassed from Sales and Use Tax in December 2003 and reported as Prepaid Motor Fuel Sales Tax.
- $84K was excluded from Other Fees and Sales because the Department no longer collects State Childrens' Trust funds.
- $2M in Peace Officer's Training and Prosecutor's Fund collections are excluded as the Department no longer collects these fees.
- For the months of October 2003 and December 2003, $179K and $192K in Other Fees and Sales were reported on the following graph but not on this "Comparative Net Revenue Collections" report.

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