[Vision2020] Shopping Center Plans Filed for
Pullman-Moscow Highway Site
Jeff Harkins
jeffh at moscow.com
Sun Jan 8 00:26:27 PST 2006
Mark,
The tax code in Idaho is complicated and so it is
not surprising that many are confused about how the dollars get allocated.
Please refer to
http://www3.state.id.us/cgi-bin/newidst?sctid=630360038.K
where the allocation of the state sales tax is described.
At a minimum, counties and cities receive about
14% of sales tax collected. Distribution to
specific counties and cities is usually based on
the proportion of state population and/or
proportion of assessed value. While the
distribution formula should probably be based on
sales generated, the use of population and
assessed value probably tracks retail sales pretty closely.
Here is an excerpt from the State Tax Commission
on the revenue sharing program:
Tax Revenue Sharing
In fiscal year (FY) 2004, 11.50 percent of
Idaho’s sales tax revenue was distributed to local
governments based on the state’s temporary 6
percent sales tax rate. About 3.24 percent of Idaho’s
total sales tax revenue was distributed directly
to cities. Half of this amount was distributed according
to population, and the other half was based on
the market value of property within each city.
Another 3.24 percent of the sales tax revenue was
distributed directly to the counties. Each county
received a guaranteed annual amount of $30,000.
The rest was distributed according to population.
In addition, 4.13 percent of the sales tax was
distributed to counties, eligible cities, and nonschool
taxing districts according to a complex formula
based on amounts received in 1999, current
population (for cities and counties), and current
property taxes (for other eligible nonschool taxing
districts). For more information on the formulas
used for the distribution, contact the Idaho State Tax
Commission.
Also, eligible taxing districts received $13.4
million annually in quarterly distributions from state
sales tax revenues to replace property tax on
agricultural equipment that was exempted from property
tax by legislation in 2001. And, small amounts of
lottery withholding and estate tax were distributed
to eligible counties.
Distributions were made after the end of each
quarter, so the FY 2003 fourth quarter portion of these
totals was distributed in July 2004.
So - bottom line Mark - if the pie is smaller, we get less pie!
At 05:53 PM 1/7/2006, you wrote:
>The day that sales tax revenues stay where they
>were collected you might have an argument. But they don't.
>
>Mark Solomon
>
>At 1:26 PM -0800 1/7/06, Jeff Harkins wrote:
>>And the sales tax revenue lost????
>>
>>At 12:56 PM 1/7/2006, you wrote:
>>>Do we have ESP, or what, Tom??? *laughing*
>>>
>>>Wal-Mart should go out there on the highway if they
>>>insist on being here. A Wal-Mart Superstore in Idaho
>>>is not fair to those who work there. Drive a few more
>>>miles to Washington, For discussion sake, let's say
>>>$2.00 more an hour minium wage. So.... $16.00 more
>>>dollars a day. That $80.00 more a week per FTE?
>>>$320.00 more a month, for a 40 hour employee, not bad.
>>>Not bad at all.
>>>
>>>Idaho residents working in Washington still pay Idaho
>>>state taxes.
>>>
>>>One store, in the middle of both cities, is better
>>>than 2, ten miles apart.
>>>
>>>The current site for a Super-store is not acceptable
>>>to me.
>>>
>>>Janesta Carcich
>>>
>>>--- Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> >From today's (January 7, 2006) Moscow-Pullman Daily
>>>> News -
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Shopping Center Plans filed for Pullman-Moscow
>>>> Highway Site
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Application includes a Lowe's home improvement store
>>>>
>>>> Staff report
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tow months of rumors an speculation about the
>>>> possible development of a
>>>> shopping center on the Pullman-Moscow Highway are
>>>> confirmed with the
>>>> application from a Boise developer to build one on
>>>> the site.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Whitman County Engineer Mark Storey said Hawkins
>>>> Companies submitted an
>>>> application for a conditional-use permit and filed
>>>> an environmental
>>>> checklist required under Washington's State
>>>> Environmental Policy Act. The
>>>> application was filed Wednesday.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Speculation started in late October when a sign
>>>> appeared on the site near
>>>> the Idaho border announcing plans for development of
>>>> a shopping center. The
>>>> sign disappeared two weeks later.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The company's website displays plans for a complex
>>>> just west of the Idaho
>>>> state line. The design includes three large retail
>>>> stores, one of which has
>>>> been earmarked for a 135,000 square-foot Lowe's home
>>>> improvement center.
>>>> The plans also include space for eight smaller
>>>> retails stores ranging from
>>>> 20,000 to 30,000 square feet and eight smaller "pad"
>>>> areas.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lowe's declined to comment on a possible store in
>>>> the Pullman-Moscow area,
>>>> although a company representative did say the home
>>>> improvement chain plans
>>>> to expand throughout the United states in 2006.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Storey is reviewing the application and said it will
>>>> take between two and
>>>> two-and-a-half months for the application to move to
>>>> a public hearing before
>>>> the Board of Adjustment.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Representatives of Hawkins Companies have not
>>>> responded to requests for
>>>> interviews.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Anybody taking odds on how this will affect
>>>> WalMart's application for a
>>>> super center?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Take care, Moscow.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tom Hansen
>>>>
>>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ***********************************
>>>> Work like you don't need the money.
>>>> Love like you've never been hurt.
>>>> Dance like nobody's watching.
>>>>
>>>> - Author Unknown
>>>> ***********************************
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >
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