Online Reference 2:  Comparative Statement of Revenues, General Fund, For the Periods Ending January 31, 2010, and January 31, 2009.

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Notes

1. Personal Property Tax:  Revenues collected to date represent 98.4 percent of budgeted revenue. As indicated in the FY 2011 Proposed Budget, preliminary collections to date indicate revenues may exceed the budget by $0.4 million. Any State reduction in its personal property tax relief subsidy would not occur until FY 2011.
2. Local Sales and Use Taxes: The substantial increase in sales tax revenue is primarily related to one-time repayments in the prior year (FY 2009) to Fairfax County of $1.5 million for sales tax collections from businesses with an Alexandria address that are actually located in Fairfax County.  Excluding one-time repayments, year-over-year retail sales from July through December are flat.
3. Charges for City Services: Increase in this category is largely due to greater year-to-date collections from parking meter receipts, refuse user charges, and ambulance fees.
4. Revenue from the Use of Money and Property: Continued decreased revenue in this category reflects the extremely low interest rates budgeted and earned on City operating funds, which are conservatively invested for safety and liquidity reasons.
5. Year-to-Date Revenues: As of January 31, 2010, actual General Fund revenues totaled $274.3 million, which is 2.3 percent above FY 2009 revenues of $268.2 million for the same period last year.  The FY 2011 budget contains a revised estimate for FY 2010 revenues.  That estimate shows a revenues shortfall of $7.0 million or 1.3 percent compared to the original FY 2010 budget estimate of General Fund revenues of $530 million, primarily due to lower real property revenues (due to lower assessments than previously forecast) and lower intergovernmental revenues.  The revenue estimate shown in Online Reference 2 also includes a 7 cent tax increase from 90.3 cents per $100 to 97.3 cents per $100 which would generate a net budget surplus of approximately $3.9 million.

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