Table 3
WASHINGTON STATE GENERAL FUND REVENUES
Fiscal Year 1997
____________________________________________________________________________ Source Amount ($000)* % of State ________________________________________________________________Sources_____ DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE** $8,627,094 88.8% 1935 Revenue Act Taxes 6,830,427 70.3 Retail sales 4,435,364 45.7 Use 330,985 3.4 Business and occupation 1,699,265 17.5 Public utility 205,283 2.1 Cigarette 70,903 0.7 Liquor sales (percent) 21,491 0.2 Penalties and interest 67,136 0.7 Other General Fund Taxes and Fees 1,796,667 18.5 Estate 88,469 0.9 Tobacco products 15,444 0.2 Liquor sales (liter) 42,533 0.4 Liquor surtaxes 10,583 0.1 State property tax 1,170,583 12.1 PUD privilege 27,346 0.3 Leasehold excise 13,389 0.1 Fish privilege 1,534 0.0 Real estate excise 306,004 3.2 Brokered natural gas 8,712 0.1 Medicaid 8,447 0.1 Refuse collection 21,453 0.2 Timber tax (includes local) 82,170 0.8 OTHER STATE TAXES 519,870 5.4 Vehicle excises (net of mass transit) 375,910 3.9 Insurance premiums 141,337 1.5 Other taxes 2,623 0.0 OTHER STATE SOURCES 567,001 5.8 Licenses, permits and fees 95,154 1.0 Contributions and grants 187,773 1.9 Charges for services 32,954 0.3 Timber sales 106,719 1.1 Interest income 82,919 0.9 Other miscellaneous revenue*** 61,482 0.6 SUBTOTAL - STATE SOURCES $9,713,965 100.0% FEDERAL GRANTS-IN-AID 3,595,795 TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUES $13,309,760 ____________________________________________________________________________*Net after credits. Includes only the basic state general fund, excluding restricted funds and operating fund transfers, e.g., lottery proceeds, excess liquor funds etc. Several sources have nongeneral fund components. **These sources are technically the responsibility of the Department, although the liquor taxes, the state property tax and the real estate excise tax are actually collected by other agencies; however, the Department does have administrative duties related to these taxes. ***Includes fees and miscellaneous receipts by Department of Revenue. Source: "1997 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report" (unpublished detail), Office of Financial Management. GAAP basis; the figures may not agree with other tables in this report which generally reflect cash collections.