FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 14, 2003

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

GENERAL FUND RECEIPTS — JUNE 2003

LINCOLN — State Tax Commissioner Mary Jane Egr released June General Fund receipts compared to certified monthly estimates on Monday. Commissioner Egr reported that total gross General Fund receipts for fiscal year 2002-03 were $3,040,817,022. That is 1.4 percent below the revised projection of $3,084,629,000. Total gross receipts for the month of June 2003 were $268,241,693, which is 2.1 percent below the revised projection of $273,936,000. For the month, gross Sales and Use, Corporate Income, and Miscellaneous taxes were above projections by 1.3, 11.4, and 9.5 percent, respectively.

Total refunds for the fiscal year were $584,417,187, which is 1.0 percent above the projected amount of $578,628,000. For the month of June, total refunds were $59,692,770, which is 51.9 percent above the projected amount of $39,302,000.

Egr also said that net receipts were below projections for the fiscal year by $49,600,162. After refunds, total net receipts for fiscal year 2002-03 to date were $2,456,399,835, below the projected total of $2,506,000,000 by 2.0 percent. For the year, net General Fund receipts for Sales and Use, Corporate Income, and Miscellaneous taxes were above the revised forecast by 1.4, 11.6, and 0.2 percent, respectively.

Total net general fund revenues for the month of June were $208,548,923, or 11.1 percent below the projected amount of $234,634,000. Net tax receipts for the month of June were below the revised forecast for Sales and Use, and Individual Income taxes by 1.2 and 24.5 percent, respectively.

The comparisons are based on the revised forecast made by the Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board on February 28, 2003. 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, 2003.

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)
May 198,606,825 216,248,000 (17,641,175) (8.2) 2,247,850,912 2,271,366,000 (23,515,088) (1.0)
June 208,548,923 234,634,000 (26,085,077) (11.1) 2,456,399,835 2,506,000,000 (49,600,165) (2.0)


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

JUNE
ACTUAL
JUNE
PROJECTED*
DIFFERENCE PERCENT
DIFFERENCE
CUMULATIVE
ACTUAL
CUMULATIVE
PROJECTED*
CUMULATIVE
DIFFERENCE
CUMULATIVE
PERCENT
DIFFERENCE
GROSS RECEIPTS
Sales & Use Tax $112,460,867 $110,990,000 $1,470,867 1.3 $1,324,488,842 $1,323,151,000 $1,337,842 0.1
Ind Income Tax 120,129,766 130,686,000 (10,556,234) (8.1) 1,376,326,118 1,430,442,000 (54,115,882) (3.8)
Corp Income Tax 19,908,495 17,876,000 2,032,495 11.4 152,362,738 144,516,000 7,846,738 5.4
Misc Taxes 15,742,565 14,383,000 1,359,565 9.5 187,639,324 186,519,000 1,120,324 0.6
Total Gross $268,241,693 $273,936,000 ($5,694,307) (2.1) $3,040,817,022 $3,084,629,000 ($43,811,978) (1.4)
REFUNDS
Total Refunds $59,692,770 $39,302,000 $20,390,770 51.9 $584,417,187 $578,628,000 $5,789,187 1.0
NET RECEIPTS
Sales & Use Tax $85,744,789 $86,764,000 ($1,019,211) (1.2) $1,028,931,065 $1,015,000,000 $13,931,065 1.4
Ind Income Tax 88,726,632 117,550,000 (28,823,368) (24.5) 1,129,421,651 1,205,000,000 (75,578,349) (6.3)
Corp Income Tax 18,829,643 15,967,000 2,862,643 17.9 111,597,405 100,000,000 11,597,405 11.6
Misc Taxes 15,247,861 14,354,000 893,861 6.2 186,449,714 186,000,000 449,714 0.2
Total Net $208,548,923 $234,634,000 ($26,085,077) (11.1) $2,456,399,835 $2,506,000,000 ($49,600,165) (2.0)

*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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