Table 4
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE COLLECTIONS
Fiscal Years 1996 and 1997 ($000)
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Fiscal Fiscal Percent
Source 1996 1997 Change
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STATE TAXES $8,356,923 $8,825,474 5.6%
1935 Revenue Act Taxes 6,657,048 6,997,556 5.1
Retail sales 4,164,894 4,373,041 5.0
Use 294,947 331,121 12.3
Business and occupation 1,642,403 1,722,802 4.9
Public utility 199,782 203,178 1.7
Cigarette 256,071 254,060 (0.8)
Liquor sales 42,617 45,232 6.1
Penalties and interest 56,334 68,122 20.9
Property and In-lieu Excises 1,172,395 1,235,689 5.4
State property tax 1,105,289 1,169,184 5.8
Timber excise (state) 28,017 25,147 (10.2)
PUD privilege 26,847 27,346 1.9
Leasehold excise (state) 12,242 14,012 14.5
Other State Taxes 527,480 592,229 12.3
Estate 62,087 88,069 41.8
Tobacco products 19,331 18,521 (4.2)
Liquor liter 56,800 57,637 1.5
Fish 1,333 1,348 1.1
Litter 4,684 5,236 11.8
Real estate excise 275,633 301,444 9.4
Convention center 20,073 24,657 22.8
Hazardous substance 18,881 24,304 28.7
Refuse collection (3.6%) 19,437 21,620 11.2
Wood stove fee 490 238 (51.4)
Solid waste (1.0%) 1,002 -- --
Carbonated beverage syrup 11,745 9,505 19.1)
Petroleum products -- -- --
Brokered natural gas 7,636 8,708 14.0
Oil spill tax 6,151 4,600 (25.2)
IMR tax 8,316 8,412 1.2
Rental car 13,831 17,887 29.3
Metals mining fee 50 43 (14.0)
ADMINISTRATIVE COLLECTIONS $28,641 $23,985 (16.3)
Escheats 230 90 (60.9) Property tax exemption fees 126 127 0.8 Unclaimed property overage 16,285 10,017 (38.5) City/county expense fund 6,719 7,397 10.1 Transit district expense fund 3,953 4,364 10.4 Other local tax expense funds 1,082 1,644 51.9 Principal/interest on EAA loans 81 74 (8.6) Vehicle excise taxes and penalties 75 84 12.0 Miscellaneous receipts 90 188 108.9
LOCAL TAX COLLECTIONS 1,116,033 1,277,500 14.5
Local sales/use taxes: City/county (1.0%) 655,295 722,450 10.2 Transit district (0.1 - 0.6%) 269,665 303,465 12.5 Criminal justice (0.1%) 57,602 63,204 9.7 Public facilities (0.1%) 4,686 5,067 8.1 Juvenile detention (0.1%) 2,996 16,692 457.1 Regional transit (0.4%) -- 16,707 -- City/county leasehold tax 10,307 13,786 33.8 County timber tax 57,930 54,646 (5.7) Local hotel/motel taxes 25,570 28,348 10.9 Hazardous substance 21,822 26,266 20.4 Brokered natural gas 1,261 2,154 70.8 Rental car taxes: County (1.0%) 3,316 3,831 15.5 King County baseball stadium (2.0) 956 4,378 357.9 Regional transit (0.8%) -- 62 -- King County taxes, prof. sports stadiums: Food & beverage (0.5%) 3,204 11,437 257.0 Baseball stadium sales/use (0.017%)* 1,423 5,007 251.9 Football stadium sales/use (0.016%)* -- -- -- Rural distressed areas sales/use (0.04%) -- -- --
TOTAL DEPARTMENT COLLECTIONS $9,501,597 $10,126,959 6.6% _____________________________________________________________________________Note: Cash collections. Some taxes are actually collected by other agencies, e.g., liquor taxes, state property tax levy, and real estate excise tax, although the Department has administrative functions related to these taxes. *Tax is credited against state retail sales/use tax - no additional tax for consumers.