City of Arvada Sales Tax Revenue Report August 2012 Taxes Receipted September 2012 Overview
Total sales tax collections were 7.35% above the same amount received in August of 2011. A total of $3.896 million was received this year as compared to $3.630 million in 2011. To date, our sales tax collections are now 6.04% above last year and 4.89% above our original budgeted amount. We did revise the sales tax collections to a four percent increase over 2011 as we estimated the ten-year model; thus we are now 2.89% above our revised forecast. As Page 4 illustrates, our monthly collections have been as low as 1.26% over 2011 and as high as 8.71%. At this point, a four percent increase above our original budget should be sustainable; November and December usually reflect our highest collections due to the grocery store expenses.
$5,000,000
Total Monthly Collections
$4,500,000 $4,000,000 $3,500,000 $3,000,000
2010
$2,500,000
2011
$2,000,000
2012
$1,500,000 $1,000,000 $500,000 $‐ Jan Feb Mar Apr May June Jly Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Two of the three types of use taxes are higher in August 2012 as compared to the same period 2011. General Use tax is the only one that is lower than last year at this time. $6,000,000 Now that we have collections through Total Receipts through September August, we estimate General Use tax will $5,000,000 be short of budget by at least $200,000. $4,000,000 General
$3,000,000
Auto Building
$2,000,000 $1,000,000 $‐ 2012 Budget
YTD 2012
YTD 2011
Sales Tax Receipts Detail
$30,000,000
It is important to review the sales tax detail to determine the source of the revenue. First, the following graph provides the allocation of the sales tax to the two areas: General and Public Safety or Tax Increment. The graph also provides comparisons through the years 2007–2012 Budget. We continue to examine the history from the onset of the Great Recession through today. Clearly, our sales tax receipts surpass our lowest levels of 2008 and 2009. We have now surpassed our highest year of collections in 2008.
However, through September Building Use tax collections had already surpassed the budget estimate by $409,000. Over $2.052 million had been collected as compared to $1.724 million in 2011 through the third quarter. Auto Use tax collections are now 76% of the total budget of $4.881 million for 2012. We expect to exceed the budget because the $3.712 million collected represents only eight months as this revenue source lags by a month.
Total Receipts as of September
$25,000,000 $20,000,000 $15,000,000
Voter‐Approved Police Sales Tax General
$10,000,000 $5,000,000 $‐ 2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2012 Budget
Voter‐Approved Police Sales Tax $3,532,580 $3,614,825 $3,434,660 $3,457,130 $3,591,028 $3,851,959 $3,791,136 General
$23,045,042 $23,584,550 $22,399,179 $22,705,520 $23,195,004 $24,552,905 $23,288,409
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