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Governor Perdue Announces February Revenue Figures

Monday, March 6, 2006  Contact: Office of Communications 404-651-7774

Governor Perdue Announces February Revenue Figures

ATLANTA – Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that net revenue collections for the month of February 2006 (FY06) totaled $886,113,000 compared to $771,545,000 for February 2005 (FY05), an increase of $114,568,000 or 14.8 percent.    

The percentage increase year-to-date for FY06 compared to FY05 is 9.9 percent. 

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Comparative Net Revenue Collections

(unaudited - 000's)

 For the Month Ended

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 February 2005         (FY 2005)

 February 2006         (FY 2006)

 $   Change

%   Change

Tax Revenues:

Income Tax - Individual

$294,043

$244,798

$(49,245)

-16.7%

Sales and Use Tax - General:

Sales and Use Tax - Gross

$731,264

$779,038

$47,774

6.5%

Local Sales Tax Distribution

$(297,310)

$(292,987)

$4,323

1.5%

Sales Tax Refunds/Adjustments

$(3,825)

$(12,295)

$(8,470)

-221.4%

Net Sales and Use Tax - General

$430,129

$473,756

$43,627

10.1%

Motor Fuel Taxes:

Prepaid Motor Fuel Sales Tax

$25,267

$31,386

$6,119

24.2%

Motor Fuel Excise Tax                                         

$32,786

$37,958

$5,172

15.8%

Total Motor Fuel Taxes

$58,053

$69,344

$11,291

19.4%

Income Tax - Corporate

$(9,715)

$22,817

$32,532

334.9%

Tobacco Taxes

$19,146

$18,811

$(335)

-1.7%

Alcohol Beverages Tax

$8,137

$16,140

$8,003

98.4%

Estate Tax

$2,965

$12

$(2,953)

-99.6%

Property Tax

$3,175

$9,734

$6,559

206.6%

Motor Vehicle - Tag, Title & Fees

$25,036

$32,938

$7,902

31.6%

Total Tax Revenues

$830,969

$888,350

$57,381

6.9%

Other Revenues:

   Other Fees and Sales

$(59,424)

$(2,237)

$57,187

96.2%

Total Taxes/Other Revenues

$771,545

$886,113

$114,568

14.8%

Year-to-date

$

%

GENERAL FUND

FY 2005

FY 2006

Change

Change

Tax Revenues:

Income Tax - Individual

$4,777,358

$5,195,013

$417,655

8.7%

Sales and Use Tax - General:

Sales and Use Tax - Gross

$5,972,953

$6,667,578

$694,625

11.6%

Local Sales Tax Distribution

$(2,440,785)

$(2,737,168)

$(296,383)

-12.1%

Sales Tax Refunds/Adjustments

$(71,197)

$(66,803)

$4,394

6.2%

Net Sales and Use Tax - General

$3,460,971

$3,863,607

$402,636

11.6%

Motor Fuel Taxes:

Prepaid Motor Fuel Sales Tax

$196,178

$233,964

$37,786

19.3%

Motor Fuel Excise Tax

$320,864

$279,115

$(41,749)

-13.0%

     Total Motor Fuel Taxes

$517,042

$513,079

$(3,963)

-0.8%

Income Tax - Corporate

$278,703

$405,124

$126,421

45.4%

Tobacco Taxes

$151,775

$148,338

$(3,437)

-2.3%

Alcohol Beverages Tax

$94,354

$101,292

$6,938

7.4%

Estate Tax

$32,863

$10,086

$(22,777)

-69.3%

Property Tax

$60,102

$64,760

$4,658

7.8%

Motor Vehicle - Tag, Title & Fees

$188,825

$201,808

$12,983

6.9%

Total Tax Revenues

$9,561,993

$10,503,107

$941,114

9.8%

Other Revenues:

   Other Fees and Sales

$68,454

$83,067

$14,613

21.3%

Total Taxes/Other Revenues

$9,630,447

$10,586,174

$955,727

9.9%

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.                                                                                                                                                                             

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