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INFORMATIONAL MEMO <br />Page 3 <br />Below is a graph of sales tax collections by type of industry showing annual change in revenue <br />receipts from 2016 to 2017. <br />$200,000 <br />$150,000 <br />$100,000 <br />$50,000 <br />Change YTD by Category* <br />Miscellaneous <br />$154,838 <br />Automotive <br />$44,353 <br />Transportation/Warehousing <br />$2,199 <br />$(50,000) <br />5(100,000) <br />$(150,000) 1 <br />Construction <br />$(20,152) <br />Manufacturing <br />$(46,295) <br />Wholesale Trade <br />$(120,240) <br />Retail Trade <br />$(118,772) <br />Total Construction decreased by $20K, or (3%) for second quarter. Construction of Buildings had <br />an increase in sales tax activity of $5K, or up by 1.4%, while the other two categories of <br />Construction in the areas of Heavy & Civil Construction and Specialty Trade Contractors <br />experienced a decrease in sales tax activity of $9K and $16K, or down by 28% and 6%, <br />respectively. <br />The decrease of $46K, or (33%) in the Manufacturing category is mostly attributable to a drop in <br />sales tax activity for the Transportation Equipment Manufacturing area by $46K, or down by 72%. <br />The continued overall decline of $120K, or (18%) in the Wholesale Trade category is due to <br />decreases in sales activity in the area of Wholesale Durable Goods of $117K which is down by <br />nearly 20% while the Automotive industry experienced an increase of $44K, or up by 13% due to <br />increased sales tax activity in the area of Motor Vehicle & Parts Dealers. <br />Total Retail Trade decreased by $119K, or fell by 3% due primarily to a decline in sales tax activity <br />for Electronics & Appliances of $124K, or down by (20%). While the area of Nonstore Retailers <br />experienced an increase in sales tax activity of $64K, or up by 91%, the areas of Sporting <br />Goods/Hobby/Books and General Mdse Stores are down by $39K and $35K, or have decreased <br />by 14% and 4%, respectively. <br />The Services category which shows a decrease of $46K, or down by 2% is mostly attributable to <br />a collective decline in sales tax activity in the areas of Information, Finance & Insurance, Real <br />Estate/Rental/Leasing and Health Care Social Assistance by $167K, or a decrease of 17%. <br />However, the areas of Professional/Scientific/Tech, Accommodation & Food Svcs and Other Svcs <br />are showing collective increases of $109K, or up by 7%. <br />The miscellaneous category remains favorable through second quarter due primarily to the annual <br />use tax filings in the Nonclassifiable Establishments related to artwork from earlier in the year. <br />C:IUsers\Vicky-C\AppDatalLocallMicrosoft\Windows\INetCachelContent.Outlook\TBKDOZORIInfo Memo Sales Tax -2017-Q2 2017MEMO (Oct 2017).docx <br />15 <br />