FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 14, 2003

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

GENERAL FUND RECEIPTS — APRIL 2003

LINCOLN — State Tax Commissioner Mary Jane Egr reported Wednesday that total gross General Fund receipts for April 2003, the tenth month of fiscal year 2002-03, were $325,685,362. That is 2.8 percent below the revised projection of $334,989,000. For the month of April, Gross Sales and Use, Corporate Income, and Miscellaneous taxes were above revised projections by 2.2, 9.3, and 43.5 percent, respectively.

Total refunds for the month of April were $76,259,102, which is 3.2 percent above the projected amount of $73,872,000.

Egr said that net receipts were below revised projections for the month of April by $11,690,740. After refunds, total net receipts for the month were $249,426,260, or 4.5 percent below the projected amount of $261,117,000. For the month of April, net General Fund receipts for Sales and Use, Corporate Income, and Miscellaneous taxes were ahead of forecast by 4.8, 22.7, and 43.0 percent, respectively. However, Individual Income tax was below forecast by 20.7 percent, or $29,020,175.

Egr also said that net receipts were below revised projections for the first ten months of the fiscal year by $5,873,914. After refunds, total net receipts for fiscal year 2002-03 to date are $2,049,244,086, which is below the projected total of $2,055,118,000 by 0.3 percent. For the year to date, net General Fund receipts for Sales and Use, Corporate Income, and Miscellaneous taxes were above forecast by 1.4, 9.9, and 4.1 percent, respectively.

The comparisons are based on the revised forecast made by the Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board on February 25, 2002. At this meeting, the board revised downward its forecast of General Fund revenue for fiscal year 2002-03. As required by law, the forecast was divided into monthly estimates and certified to the Clerk of the Legislature by the State Tax Commissioner and Legislative Fiscal Analyst on March 15, 2002.

APPROVED:
Mary Jane Egr
State Tax Commissioner

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Research Division
Comparison of Actual and Projected General Fund Receipts for Fiscal Year 2002-2003

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 $173,073,810 $173,074,000 (190) (0.0) $173,073,810 $173,074,000 (190) (0.0)
August 220,370,095 220,370,000 95 0 393,443,906 393,444,000 (94) (0.0)
September 255,406,007 255,406,000 7 0 648,849,912 648,850,000 (88) (0.0)
October 137,779,538 137,780,000 (462) (0.0) 786,629,450 786,630,000 (550) (0.0)
November 195,167,407 195,167,000 407 0 981,796,857 981,797,000 (143) (0.0)
December 224,281,665 224,282,000 (335) (0.0) 1,206,078,522 1,206,079,000 (478) (0.0)
January 231,508,102 231,508,000 102 0 1,437,586,624 1,437,587,000 (376) (0.0)
February 188,166,290 188,166,000 290 0 1,625,752,914 1,625,753,000 (86) (0.0)
March 174,064,913 168,248,000 5,816,913 3.5 1,799,817,827 1,794,001,000 5,816,827 0.3
April 249,426,260 261,117,000 (11,690,740) (4.5) 2,049,244,086 2,055,118,000 (5,873,914) (0.3)


Comparison of Actual and Projected General Fund Receipts by Major Source for April 2003
and Cumulative Fiscal Year 2002-2003

APRIL
ACTUAL
APRIL
PROJECTED*
DIFFERENCE PERCENT
DIFFERENCE
CUMULATIVE
ACTUAL
CUMULATIVE
PROJECTED*
CUMULATIVE
DIFFERENCE
CUMULATIVE
PERCENT
DIFFERENCE
GROSS RECEIPTS
Sales & Use Tax $111,616,084 $109,231,000 $2,385,084 2.2 $1,102,840,123 $1,099,854,000 $2,986,123 0.3
Ind Income Tax 162,676,280 186,394,000 (23,717,720) (12.7) 1,123,323,499 1,152,511,000 (29,187,501) (2.5)
Corp Income Tax 16,291,882 14,909,000 1,382,882 9.3 125,792,865 120,240,000 5,552,865 4.6
Misc Taxes 35,101,116 24,455,000 10,646,116 43.5 165,906,437 159,151,000 6,755,437 4.2
Total Gross $325,685,362 $334,989,000 ($9,303,638) (2.8) $2,517,862,923 $2,531,756,000 ($13,893,077) (0.5)
REFUNDS
Total Refunds $76,259,102 $73,872,000 $2,387,102 3.2 $468,618,837 $476,636,000 ($8,017,163) (1.7)
NET RECEIPTS
Sales & Use Tax $88,295,709 $84,219,000 $4,076,709 4.8 $859,359,693 $847,899,000 $11,460,693 1.4
Ind Income Tax 111,356,825 140,377,000 (29,020,175) (20.7) 936,865,150 968,637,000 (31,771,850) (3.3)
Corp Income Tax 14,826,949 12,083,000 2,743,949 22.7 87,776,069 79,893,000 7,883,069 9.9
Misc Taxes 34,946,776 24,438,000 10,508,776 43 165,243,175 158,692,000 6,551,175 4.1
Total Net $249,426,260 $261,117,000 ($11,690,740) (4.5) $2,049,244,086 $2,055,118,000 ($5,873,914) (0.3)

*The projected amounts used in this comparison were set at the February 28, 2003 meeting of the Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board.


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