FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 13, 2001

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

GENERAL FUND RECEIPTS — JUNE 2001

LINCOLN — State Tax Commissioner Mary Jane Egr reported Friday that total gross General Fund receipts for fiscal year 2000-01 were $2,984,181,599. That is $23,233,401, or 0.8 percent below the projected amount of $3,007,415,000. Total gross receipts finished the year ahead of projections for Miscellaneous taxes by 6.1 percent; while Sales and Use, Individual Income, and Corporate Income taxes finished the year below projections by 2.3, 0.1, and 2.4 percent, respectively. Total gross receipts for the month of June 2001, were $264,567,667, below the projection of $288,197,000 by 8.2 percent. For the month, gross Sales and Use, Corporate Income, and Miscellaneous taxes were below projections by 12.2, 25.3, and 14.7 percent, respectively.

Total refunds for the fiscal year were $527,319,744, which is 0.1 percent above the projected amount of $526,713,000.

Egr also said that total net receipts were below projections for the fiscal year by just under 1 percent. Total receipts finished behind the forecast by $23,839,145. After refunds, total net receipts for fiscal year 2000-01 were $2,456,861,855, below the projected total of $2,480,701,000. For the year, net General Fund receipts for the Individual Income and Miscellaneous taxes exceeded the forecast by 0.3 and 6.1 percent, respectively.

Total net general fund revenue for the month of June was $229,959,991, or 6.0 percent below the projected amount of $244,602,000. Net tax receipts for the month of June lagged the forecast for Sales and Use, Corporate Income, and Miscellaneous taxes by 7.5, 26.4, and 14.9 percent, respectively.

Compared to the Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board’s April revision of the forecast for fiscal year 2000-01 net total General Fund revenues, June collections were $24,794,009, or 9.7 percent, below the revised forecast amount of $254,754,000. For the fiscal year, actual total net receipts were $57,138,145, or 2.3 percent below the April revised forecast. The April revised forecast of total net General Fund revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 was $2,514,000,000, compared to the certified forecast of $2,480,701,000. The revised forecast was used by the Legislature and Governor in the budgeting process for the biennium covering fiscal years 2001-02 and 2002-03.

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
February 167,462,962 176,672,000 (9,209,038) (5.2) 1,545,809,189 1,541,470,000 4,339,189 0.3
March 171,708,239 175,832,000 (4,123,761) (2.3) 1,717,517,428 1,717,302,000 215.428 0.0
April 291,325,389 261,605,000 29,720,389 11.4 2,008,842,817 1,978,907,000 29,935,817 1.5
May 218,059,047 257,193,000 (39,133,953) (15.2) 2,226,901,864 2,236,100,000 (9,198,136) (0.4)
June 229,959,991 244,602,000 (14,642,009) (6.0) 2,456,861,855 2,480,701,000 (23,839,145) (1.0)


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

  JUNE
ACTUAL
JUNE
PROJECTED*
DIFFERENCE
PERCENT
DIFFERENCE
CUMULATIVE
ACTUAL
CUMULATIVE
PROJECTED*
CUMULATIVE
DIFFERENCE
CUMULATIVE
PERCENT
DIFFERENCE
GROSS RECEIPTS
Sales & Use Tax $95,569,437 $108,791,000 ($13,221,563) (12.2) $1,201,876,088 $1,230,012,000 ($28,135,912) (2.3)
Ind Income Tax 122,363,779 121,348,000 1,015,779 0.8 1,424,199,531 1,425,317,000 (1,117,469) (0.1)
Corp Income Tax 20,345,436 27,229,000 (6,883,564) (25.3) 177,115,050 181,542,000 (4,426,950) (2.4)
Misc Taxes 26,289,015 30,829,000 (4,539,985) (14.7) 180,990,930 170,544,000 10,446,930 6.1
Total Gross $264,567,667 $288,197,000 ($23,629,333) (8.2) $2,984,181,599 $3,007,415,000 ($23,233,401) (0.8)
REFUNDS
Total Refunds $34,607,676 $43,595,000 ($8,987,324) (20.6) $527,319,744 $526,713,000 $606,744 0.1
NET RECEIPTS
Sales & Use Tax $75,644,966 $81,772,000 ($6,127,034) (7.5) $905,023,176 $940,400,000 ($35,376,824) (3.8)
Ind Income Tax 108,961,571 105,993,000 2,968,571 2.8 1,233,363,553 1,229,295,000 4,068,553 0.3
Corp Income Tax 19,145,326 26,025,000 (6,879,674) (26.4) 138,040,082 140,952,000 (2,911,918) (2.1)
Misc Taxes 26,208,128 30,811,000 (4,602,872) (14.9) 180,435,044 170,054,000 10,381,044 6.1
Total Net $229,959,991 $244,602,000 ($14,642,009) (6.0) $2,456,861,855 $2,480,701,000 ($23,839,145) (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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