Monthly report of state sales and use tax gross collections and gross retail sales [2004 : April]

MONTHLY REPORT OF STATE SALES AND USE TAX GROSS COLLECTIONS AND GROSS RETAIL SALES Data arc compiled from reports and remittances made by taxpayers, and are classified according to sales and use tax registration numbers. Detail data from this report may not be directly comparable to that in reports for other months because of corrections in registration numbers affecting collections and gross retail sales within the business, county, and city classifications, and changes in the sales and use tax law. NO county sales and use taxes arc included in this report. TABLE 1. STATE SALES AND USE TAX: GROSS COLLECTIONS AND GROSS RETAIL SALES BY COUNTIES April 2004 Report County Gross Collections* Gross Retail Sales** County Gross Collections* Gross Retail Sales*’ Alamance S 4,253,569 S 150,563,382 Macon S 1.145,521 S 36,438,370 Alexander 401,520 18,280,231 Madison 155,309 8,900,592 Alleghany 199,740 7,604,136 Martin 494,290 18,793,819 Anson 356,653 15,623,019 McDowell 699,674 37,260,309 Ashe 534,122 25,146,576 Mecklenburg 41,802,388 1,521,984,044 Avery 421,892 16,451,680 Mitchell 358,026 20,793.218 Beaufort 1,146,060 50,844,202 Montgomery 452,295 23,079,477 Bertie 130,61 1 7,264,636 Moore 2,600,463 100,047,939 Bladen 487,27! 30,294,072 Nash 3,015,866 129,948,971 Brunswick 2,479,315 91,286,506 New Hanover 8,366,513 295,206,767 Buncombe 9,064,860 307,441,785 Northampton 145,186 5,374,331 Burke 1,816,403 81,283,374 Onslow 3,820,004 119,739,719 Cabarrus 5,368,463 206,016,579 Orange 3,211,326 94,829,978 Caldwell 1,486,673 63,137,597 Pamlico 140,540 4,569,570 Camden 95,038 3,994,885 Pasquotank 1,319,061 50,518,737 Carteret 2,345,655 78,686,332 Pender 528,241 22,875,769 Caswell 121,390 5,903,872 Perquimans 104,879 4,019,841 Catawba 6,074,541 228,233,603 Person 842,790 32,474,437 Chatham 811,757 40,711,547 Pitt 5,060,326 199,991,267 Cherokee 777,369 33,455,789 Polk 219,708 9,756,580 Chowan 282,096 14,606,512 Randolph 2,702,255 106,994,071 Clay 163,988 1 0,826,054 Richmond 922,350 31,593,175 Cleveland 2,278,133 88,953,146 Robeson 2,289,469 85,295,308 Columbus 1,124,166 52,402,715 Rockingham 1,585,888 70,569,850 Craven 2,544,847 98,732,590 Rowan 2,775,456 114,193,685 Cumberland 9,319,447 308,114,313 Rutherford 1,352,593 49,716,502 Currituck 418,382 15,572,892 Sampson 1,144,400 51,395,966 Dare 2,460,189 72,163,178 Scotland 944,110 35,194,171 Davidson 3,088,377 134,166,895 Stanly 1,404,41 1 56,851,619 Davie 572,991 27,145,828 Stokes 580,115 24,243,261 Duplin 806,564 44,607,183 Surry 2,158,238 92,674,676 Durham 13,990,877 409,569,355 Swain 141,163 5,264,632 Edgecombe 949,966 39,733,480 Transylvania 666,474 23,013,192 Forsyth 14,441,187 573,630,952 Tyrrell 31,470 1,353,523 Franklin 1,058,389 35,670,968 Union 3,324.117 145,01 1,880 Gaston 5,140,999 205,793,589 Vance 1.165,526 47,454,346 Gates 50,230 3,951,676 Wake 37,485,945 1,140,609,957 Graham 120,205 3,874,256 Warren 167,479 7,520,047 Granville 865,003 38,440,560 Washington 174,085 9,626,696 Greene 132,063 4,228,698 Watauga 1,739,721 57,875,943 Guilford 20,449,432 833,971,271 Wayne 3,357,501 112,914,468 Halifax 1,155,903 63,868,313 Wilkes 1,595,765 67,491,293 Harnett 1,597,090 62,415,720 Wilson 2,252,628 102,146,738 Haywood 1,446,386 59,182,232 Yadkin 507,677 21,650,922 Henderson 2,684,943 101,702,893 Y anccy 266,280 8,756,218 Hertford 713,855 28,035,076 Foreign 58,288,775 2,062,532,400 Hoke 267,504 12,407,291 Utility services. Hyde 85,016 2,481,493 satellite, & liquor 51,473,927 *** Iredell 5,387,868 203,888,888 8% Hwy. use tax 3,369,572 *** Jackson 730,173 28,569,962 Johnston 3,604,823 136,157,634 Jones 96,100 2,780,315 Lee 1,945,539 73,039,597 Lenoir 1,932,839 85,930,999 Lincoln 1,404,821 58,930,330 TOTALS $ 400.033,088 $ 12,666,318,931 * Gross collections reported during the month of April 2004 including collections of penalties, interest, and sales and use tax. ** Amounts shown are total taxable and nontaxablc sales reported on sales and use tax returns. Data reflect sales in March 2004. *** Sales not presently tabulated. Monthly sales and use tax reports are not comparable to monthly reports for periods prior to February 2002. Effective October 16, 2001, the general state sales and use tax rate increased from 4% to 4.5%, requiring changes to the return. Prior to the change, use taxes were separately stated and taxable sales were not calculated for use taxes. The new return combines sales and use taxes, and taxable sales are computed on the total. Therefore, gross collections reflect the 1/2% tax rate increase, and gross retail sales reflect taxable sales computed on the combined total of sales and use taxes.