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Governor Perdue Announces January Revenue Figures

Monday, February 6, 2006  Contact: Office of Communications 404-651-777

Governor Perdue Announces January Revenue Figures

ATLANTA- Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that net revenue collections for the month of January 2006 (FY06) totaled $1,795,724,000 compared to $1,555,050,000 for January 2005 (FY05), an increase of $240,674,000 or 15.5 percent.

The percentage increase year-to-date for FY06 compared to FY05 is 9.5 percent.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

 

Comparative Net Revenue Collections (unaudited - 000's)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 For the Month Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 January 2005         (FY 2005)

 

 January 2006         (FY 2006)

 

 $   Change

 

%   Change

Tax Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income Tax - Individual

$827,108

 

$1,022,465

 

$195,357

 

23.6%

 

Sales and Use Tax - General:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and Use Tax - Gross

$850,123

 

$1,004,236

 

$154,113

 

18.1%

 

 

Local Sales Tax Distribution

$(337,979)

 

$(402,475)

 

$(64,496)

 

-19.1%

 

 

Sales Tax Refunds/Adjustments

$(13,814)

 

$(4,043)

 

$9,771

 

70.7%

 

Net Sales and Use Tax - General

$498,330

 

$597,718

 

$99,388

 

19.9%

 

Motor Fuel Taxes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid Motor Fuel Sales Tax

$28,127

 

$42,980

 

$14,853

 

52.8%

 

 

Motor Fuel Excise Tax                                        

$41,703

 

$44,083

 

$2,380

 

5.7%

 

Total Motor Fuel Taxes

$69,830

 

$87,063

 

$17,233

 

24.7%

 

Income Tax - Corporate

$31,999

 

$17,845

 

$(14,154)

 

-44.2%

 

Tobacco Taxes

$18,881

 

$20,507

 

$1,626

 

8.6%

 

Alcohol Beverages Tax

$14,066

 

$10,520

 

$(3,546)

 

-25.2%

 

Estate Tax

$3,287

 

$324

 

$(2,963)

 

-90.1%

 

Property Tax

$12,281

 

$14,380

 

$2,099

 

17.1%

 

Motor Vehicle - Tag, Title & Fees

$29,909

 

$30,929

 

$1,020

 

3.4%

Total Tax Revenues

$1,505,691

 

$1,801,751

 

$296,060

 

19.7%

Other Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Other Fees and Sales

$49,359

 

$(6,027)

 

$(55,386)

 

-112.2%

Total Taxes/Other Revenues

$1,555,050

 

$1,795,724

 

$240,674

 

15.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year-to-date

 

$

 

%

 

 

GENERAL FUND

FY 2005

 

FY 2006

 

Change

 

Change

Tax Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income Tax - Individual

$4,483,314

 

$4,950,215

 

$466,901

 

10.4%

 

Sales and Use Tax - General:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and Use Tax - Gross

$5,241,689

 

$5,888,540

 

$646,851

 

12.3%

 

 

Local Sales Tax Distribution

$(2,143,474)

 

$(2,444,181)

 

$(300,707)

 

-14.0%

 

 

Sales Tax Refunds/Adjustments

$(67,372)

 

$(54,508)

 

$12,864

 

19.1%

 

Net Sales and Use Tax - General

$3,030,843

 

$3,389,851

 

$359,008

 

11.8%

 

Motor Fuel Taxes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid Motor Fuel Sales Tax

$170,912

 

$202,578

 

$31,666

 

18.5%

 

 

Motor Fuel Excise Tax

$288,077

 

$241,157

 

$(46,920)

 

-16.3%

 

     Total Motor Fuel Taxes

$458,989

 

$443,735

 

$(15,254)

 

-3.3%

 

Income Tax - Corporate

$288,418

 

$382,307

 

$93,889

 

32.6%

 

Tobacco Taxes

$132,629

 

$129,527

 

$(3,102)

 

-2.3%

 

Alcohol Beverages Tax

$86,217

 

$85,152

 

$(1,065)

 

-1.2%

 

Estate Tax

$29,898

 

$10,074

 

$(19,824)

 

-66.3%

 

Property Tax

$56,927

 

$55,026

 

$(1,901)

 

-3.3%

 

Motor Vehicle - Tag, Title & Fees

$163,789

 

$168,870

 

$5,081

 

3.1%

Total Tax Revenues

$8,731,024

 

$9,614,757

 

$883,733

 

10.1%

Other Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Other Fees and Sales

$127,878

 

$85,304

 

$(42,574)

 

-33.3%

Total Taxes/Other Revenues

$8,858,902

 

$9,700,061

 

$841,159

 

9.5%

Footnotes:                                                                                                                                                                              

1.  For press release purposes only, DOR realigned the reporting of Sales and Use Tax as shown above.  Beginning this fiscal year, the Local distributions now reflects the distribution for the month the collection occurred.  For the current month, the distribution was determined using a weighted average % of the current month collections.  All preceding month distributions will be adjusted by the over/under estimations.

2.  As of July 1, 2005, DOR began collecting and reporting Motor Vehicle Tags, Title and Fees.  These revenues were previously reported by the disbanded Department of Motor Vehicle Safety (DMVS).  For comparative purposes, DOR will report prior year collections.      

3.  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. 

Associated Document(s):

pdf file employment_graph.pdf
**Attached is a graph showing 112,000 jobs created in Georgia since January 2003.