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<div>Jeff,</div>
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<div>Using the latest numbers available (FY2004), Moscow's general
fund (which does not include water, sewer, solid waste income streams)
received a whopping 3.9% of its income from sales tax distribution.
Sure, pennies are pennies and they all add up but to hold out
increasing sales tax revenues as a panacea for local government
financial woes is not an argument I would like to stand behind. Until
the Legislature gives voters a local option sales tax as a revenue
source, the sales tax is a state income source with a bone thrown to
local government.</div>
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<div>Mark</div>
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<div>At 12:26 AM -0800 1/8/06, Jeff Harkins wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Mark,<br>
<br>
The tax code in Idaho is complicated and so it is not surprising that
many are confused about how the dollars get allocated.<br>
<br>
Please refer to
http://www3.state.id.us/cgi-bin/newidst?sctid=630360038.K where the
allocation of the state sales tax is described.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Here is an excerpt from the State Tax Commission on the revenue
sharing program:<br>
<br>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="+3">Tax Revenue Sharing<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman">In fiscal year (FY) 2004, 11.50
percent of Idahos sales tax revenue was distributed to local<br>
governments based on the states temporary 6 percent sales tax rate.
About 3.24 percent of Idahos<br>
total sales tax revenue was distributed directly to cities. Half of
this amount was distributed according<br>
to population, and the other half was based on the market value of
property within each city.<br>
Another 3.24 percent of the sales tax revenue was distributed directly
to the counties. Each county<br>
received a guaranteed annual amount of $30,000. The rest was
distributed according to population.<br>
In addition, 4.13 percent of the sales tax was distributed to
counties, eligible cities, and nonschool<br>
taxing districts according to a complex formula based on amounts
received in 1999, current<br>
population (for cities and counties), and current property taxes (for
other eligible nonschool taxing<br>
districts). For more information on the formulas used for the
distribution, contact the Idaho State Tax<br>
Commission.<br>
Also, eligible taxing districts received $13.4 million annually in
quarterly distributions from state<br>
sales tax revenues to replace property tax on agricultural equipment
that was exempted from property<br>
tax by legislation in 2001. And, small amounts of lottery withholding
and estate tax were distributed<br>
to eligible counties.<br>
Distributions were made after the end of each quarter, so the FY 2003
fourth quarter portion of these<br>
totals was distributed in July 2004.<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial">So - bottom line Mark - if the pie is
smaller, we get less pie!<br>
<br>
<br>
</font>At 05:53 PM 1/7/2006, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>The day that sales tax revenues stay
where they were collected you might have an argument. But they
don't.<br>
<br>
Mark Solomon<br>
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At 1:26 PM -0800 1/7/06, Jeff Harkins wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>And the sales tax revenue lost????<br>
<br>
At 12:56 PM 1/7/2006, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Do we have ESP, or what, Tom???
*laughing*<br>
<br>
Wal-Mart should go out there on the highway if they<br>
insist on being here. A Wal-Mart Superstore in Idaho<br>
is not fair to those who work there. Drive a few more<br>
miles to Washington, For discussion sake, let's say<br>
$2.00 more an hour minium wage. So.... $16.00 more<br>
dollars a day. That $80.00 more a week per FTE?<br>
$320.00 more a month, for a 40 hour employee, not bad.<br>
Not bad at all.<br>
<br>
Idaho residents working in Washington still pay Idaho<br>
state taxes.<br>
<br>
One store, in the middle of both cities, is better<br>
than 2, ten miles apart.<br>
<br>
The current site for a Super-store is not acceptable<br>
to me.<br>
<br>
Janesta Carcich<br>
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--- Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com> wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> >From today's (January 7, 2006)
Moscow-Pullman Daily</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> News -<br>
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Shopping Center Plans filed for Pullman-Moscow<br>
Highway Site<br>
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Application includes a Lowe's home improvement store<br>
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Staff report<br>
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Tow months of rumors an speculation about the<br>
possible development of a<br>
shopping center on the Pullman-Moscow Highway are<br>
confirmed with the<br>
application from a Boise developer to build one on<br>
the site.<br>
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<br>
Whitman County Engineer Mark Storey said Hawkins<br>
Companies submitted an<br>
application for a conditional-use permit and filed<br>
an environmental<br>
checklist required under Washington's State<br>
Environmental Policy Act. The<br>
application was filed Wednesday.<br>
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<br>
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Speculation started in late October when a sign<br>
appeared on the site near<br>
the Idaho border announcing plans for development of<br>
a shopping center. The<br>
sign disappeared two weeks later.<br>
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<br>
<br>
The company's website displays plans for a complex<br>
just west of the Idaho<br>
state line. The design includes three large retail<br>
stores, one of which has<br>
been earmarked for a 135,000 square-foot Lowe's home<br>
improvement center.<br>
The plans also include space for eight smaller<br>
retails stores ranging from<br>
20,000 to 30,000 square feet and eight smaller
"pad"<br>
areas.<br>
<br>
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<br>
Lowe's declined to comment on a possible store in<br>
the Pullman-Moscow area,<br>
although a company representative did say the home<br>
improvement chain plans<br>
to expand throughout the United states in 2006.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Storey is reviewing the application and said it will<br>
take between two and<br>
two-and-a-half months for the application to move to<br>
a public hearing before<br>
the Board of Adjustment.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Representatives of Hawkins Companies have not<br>
responded to requests for<br>
interviews.<br>
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Anybody taking odds on how this will affect<br>
WalMart's application for a<br>
super center?<br>
<br>
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Take care, Moscow.<br>
<br>
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<br>
Tom Hansen<br>
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Moscow, Idaho<br>
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