FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 8, 2001

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Jane Egr, State Tax Commissioner
402/471-5604
David Dearmont, Research Administrator
402/471-5700

GENERAL FUND RECEIPTS — JANUARY 2001

State Tax Commissioner Mary Jane Egr reported Thursday that total gross General Fund receipts for the first seven months of fiscal year 2000-01 were $1,602,307,807. That is 1.3 percent above the projected amount of $1,582,423,000. Total gross receipts for the month of January 2001, were $286,061,116, above the projection of $261,348,000 by 9.5 percent. For the fiscal year to date, gross Individual Income, Corporate Income and Miscellaneous taxes were ahead of projections by 3.4, 3.0, and 4.6 percent, respectively.

Total refunds for the fiscal year to date are $223,961,580, which is 2.9 percent above the projected amount of $217,623,000.

Egr also said that net receipts were above projections for the first seven months of the fiscal year by $13,548,227. After refunds, total net receipts for fiscal year 2000-01 to date are $1,378,346,227, above the projected total of $1,364,798,000 by 1.0 percent. For the year to date, net General Fund receipts for Individual Income, Corporate Income, and Miscellaneous taxes were ahead of the forecast by 3.9, 7.9, and 4.9 percent, respectively.

Total net general fund revenue for the month of January was $247,739,599, or 6.4 percent above the projected amount of $232,811,000. Net tax receipts for the month of January were ahead of the forecast for Sales and Use, Individual Income, and Miscellaneous taxes by 2.5, 11.1, and 17.7 percent, respectively.

As required by law, the comparisons are based on the forecast made by the Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board on February 25, 2000. This forecast was adjusted for legislation passed by the 2000 Legislature, divided into monthly estimates, and certified to the Clerk of the Legislature by the State Tax Commissioner and Legislative Fiscal Analyst.

APPROVED:
Mary Jane Egr
State Tax Commissioner

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Research Division
Comparison of Actual and Projected General Fund Receipts for Fiscal Year 2000-2001

  TOTAL
ACTUAL
NET RECEIPTS
TOTAL
PROJECTED
NET RECEIPTS
DIFFERENCE PERCENT
DIFFERENCE
CUMULATIVE
ACTUAL
NET RECEIPTS
CUMULATIVE
PROJECTED
NET RECEIPTS
CUMULATIVE
DIFFERENCE
CUMULATIVE
PERCENT
DIFFERENCE
July $149,763,118 $144,661,000 $5,102,118 3.5 $149,763,118 $144,661,000 $5,102,118 3.5
August 197,820,816 211,058,000 (13,237,184) (6.3) 347,583,934 355,719,000 (8,135,066) (2.3)
September 247,291,683 235,390,000 11,901,683 5.1 594,875,617 591,109,000 3,766,617 0.6
October 142,376,893 149,347,000 (6,970,107) (4.7) 737,252,510 740,456,000 (3,203,490) (0.4)
November 194,069,816 185,166,000 8,903,816 4.8 931,322,326 925,622,000 5,700,326 0.6
December 199,284,303 206,365,000 (7,080,697) (3.4) 1,130,606,629 1,131,987,000 (1,380,371) (0.1)
January 247,739,599 232,811,000 14,928,599 6.4 1,378,346,227 1,364,798,000 13,548,227 1.0


Comparison of Actual and Projected General Fund Receipts by Major Source for January 2001
and Cumulative Fiscal Year 2000-2001

  JANUARY
ACTUAL
JANUARY
PROJECTED*
DIFFERENCE PERCENT
DIFFERENCE
CUMULATIVE
ACTUAL
CUMULATIVE
PROJECTED*
CUMULATIVE
DIFFERENCE
CUMULATIVE
PERCENT
DIFFERENCE
GROSS RECEIPTS
Sales & Use Tax $139,470,452 $131,278,000 $8,192,452 6.2 $724,264,472 $733,829,000 ($9,564,528) (1.3)
Ind Income Tax 127,983,148 113,011,000 14,972,148 13.2 698,519,789 675,562,000 22,957,789 3.4
Corp Income Tax 7,199,383 7,314,000 (114,617) (1.6) 94,678,918 91,950,000 2,728,918 3.0
Misc Taxes 11,408,134 9,746,000 1,662,134 17.1 84,844,628 81,081,000 3,763,628 4.6
Total Gross $286,061,116 $261,348,000 $24,713,116 9.5 $1,602,307,807 $1,582,423,000 $19,884,807 1.3
REFUNDS
Total Refunds $38,321,517 $28,537,000 $9,784,517 34.3 $223,961,580 $217,623,000 $6,338,580 2.9
NET RECEIPTS
Sales & Use Tax $112,871,670 $110,140,000 $2,731,670 2.5 $550,636,135 $571,102,000 ($20,465,865) (3.6)
Ind Income Tax 121,254,768 109,128,000 12,126,768 11.1 678,078,032 652,760,000 25,318,032 3.9
Corp Income Tax 2,208,588 3,852,000 (1,642,412) (42.7) 65,009,715 60,247,000 4,762,715 7.9
Misc Taxes 11.404,573 9,690,000 1,714,573 17.7 84,622,345 80,686,000 3,936,345 4.9
Total Net $247,739,599 $232,811,000 $14,928,599 6.4 $1,378,346,227 $1,364,798,000 $13,548,227 1.0

*The projected amounts used in this comparison were set at the February 25, 2000 meeting of the Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board.

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