FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 12, 2005

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

GENERAL FUND RECEIPTS — NOVEMBER 2005

LINCOLN -- State Tax Commissioner Mary J. Egr Edson reported Monday that total gross General Fund receipts for the month of November, the fifth month of fiscal year 2005-06 were $304,735,213. That is 3.4 percent above the projected amount of $294,642,000. For the month of November, gross Sales and Use, Individual Income, Corporate Income and Miscellaneous taxes exceeded projections by 0.5, 3.2, 31.6 and 26.0 percent, respectively.

Total refunds for the month of November were $42,370,107 which is 11.6 percent above the projected amount of $37,965,000.

Egr Edson also said that net General Fund receipts were above projections for the month of November by $5,688,106. After refunds, total net receipts for the month were $262,365,106, or 2.2 percent above the projected amount of $256,677,000. For the month of November, net Individual Income, Corporate Income, and Miscellaneous taxes were above forecast by 2.9, 143.4 and 26.5 percent, respectively.

Egr Edson also said that net receipts were ahead of projections for the first five months of fiscal year 2005-06 by $99,038,544. After refunds, total net receipts for the fiscal year through November are $1,306,960,544, which is above the projected total of $1,207,922,000 by 8.2 percent. For the year to date, net General Fund receipts for Sales and Use, Individual Income, Corporate Income and Miscellaneous taxes were above the forecast by 1.1, 2.9, 58.1 and 63.9 percent, respectively.

The comparisons in this report are based on the forecast made by the Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board on April 28, 2005. This forecast was adjusted for legislation passed by the 2005 Legislature, divided into monthly estimates, and certified to the Clerk of the Legislature by the State Tax Commissioner and Legislative Fiscal Analyst on July 13, 2005. The Forecasting Board met on October 28, 2005 and revised the forecast for the current fiscal year upward by $159.7 million from $3,092,258,000 to $3,252,300,000. By law, only downward revisions to the forecast are certified, thus the comparisons made in this release are made on the basis of the April 2005 certified forecast.

APPROVED:
Mary J. Egr Edson
State Tax Commissioner

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Research Division
Comparison of Actual and Projected General Fund Receipts for Fiscal Year 2005-2006

 

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 $189,050,265 $178,931,000 10,119,265 5.7 $189,050,265 $178,931,000 10,119,265 5.7
August 331,163,981 287,204,000 43,959,981 15.3 520,214,246 466,135,000 54,079,246 11.6
September 324,564,089 292,895,000 31,669,089 10.8 844,778,335 759,030,000 85,748,335 11.3
October 199,817,103 192,215,000 7,602,103 4.0 1,044,595,438 951,245,000 93,350,438 9.8
November 262,365,106 256,677,000 5,688,106 2.2 1,306,960,544 1,207,922,000 99,038,544 8.2

Comparison of Actual and Projected General Fund Receipts by Major Source for November 2005
and Cumulative Fiscal Year 2005-2006

NOVEMBER
ACTUAL
NOVEMBER
PROJECTED*
DIFFERENCE PERCENT
DIFFERENCE
CUMULATIVE
ACTUAL
CUMULATIVE
PROJECTED*
CUMULATIVE
DIFFERENCE
CUMULATIVE
PERCENT
DIFFERENCE
GROSS RECEIPTS
Sales & Use Tax $123,396,238 $122,812,000 $584,238 0.5 $670,303,459 $666,460,000 $3,843,459 0.6
Ind Income Tax 160,198,410 155,243,000 4,955,410 3.2 595,470,586 577,471,000 17,999,586 3.1
Corp Income Tax 5,756,931 4,374,000 1,382,931 31.6 86,023,351 63,649,000 22,374,351 35.2
Misc Taxes 15,383,634 12,212,000 3,171,634 26.0 126,581,996 77,545,000 49,036,996 63.2
Total Gross $304,735,213 $294,642,000 $10,093,213 3.4 $1,478,379,392 $1,385,126,000 $93,253,392 6.7

REFUNDS

Total Refunds $42,370,107 $37,965,000 $4,405,107 11.6 $171,418,847 $177,203,000 ($5,784,153) (3.3)
NET RECEIPTS
Sales & Use Tax $91,384,283 $95,303,000 ($3,918,717) (4.1) $527,994,399 $522,465,000 $5,529,399 1.1
Ind Income Tax 154,976,986 5150,664,000 4,312,986 2.9 576,337,893 560,109,000 16,228,893 2.9
Corp Income Tax 628,696 (1,448,000) 2,076,696 143.4 76,269,671 48,247,000 28,022,671 58.1
Misc Taxes 15,375,141 12,158,000 3,217,141 26.5 126,358,582 77,102,000 49,256,582 63.9
Total Net $262,365,106 $256,677,000 $5,688,106 2.2 $1,306,960,544 $1,207,922,000 $99,038,544 8.2

*The projected amounts used in this comparison were set at the April 28, 2005 meeting of the Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board.


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