2013 Annual Budget - City of Bremerton

Sales & Use Tax
The sales tax rate in Bremerton is 8.6%. Of this
amount the City’s portion is .85%, the balance
going to other agencies. The budgeted amount
for 2013, including criminal justice, is $6.81M
and is a 1.5% increase over 2012. See the chart
below for distribution.
Sales & Use Tax
Historical Sales Tax
County
0.0015
1.7%
Criminal Justice
0.0010
1.2%
Bremerton
0.0085
9.9%
Juvenile
Facilities
0.0010
1.2%
Emergency
Communications
0.0010
1.2%
Public Transit
0.0080
9.3%
State
$0.0650
75.6%
Amounts in Thousands
$10,000
$8,000
$6,000
$4,000
$2,000
$0
2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Regular
Criminal Justice
Allocation of
Sales & Use Tax
Within City of Bremerton
Tax Rate per $1.00
Rate Percent
State $0.0650 75.6%
Bremerton 0.0085 9.9%
Criminal Justice 0.0010 1.2%
County 0.0015 1.7%
Juvenile Facilities 0.0010 1.2%
Emergency 1.2%
Communications 0.0010 0.0%
Public Transit 0.0080 9.3%
Total 0.0860 100.0%
Sales tax revenue for 2013 is budgeted with a
slight increase of 1.5% over 2012. The anticipated
additional $100k is attributed to nominal,
but steady, increases in auto sales, food and beverage
services and food and beverage stores. Recent
one-time major construction projects have
been excluded from budget projection calculations
due to the uncertainty and timing of future
projects within the City.
Historical
City of Bremerton
Sales & Use Tax - 2008-2013
Year Regular Criminal Justice
2013 $6,362,000 $446,000
2012 6,250,000 458,500
2011 6,234,057 446,258
2010 5,973,802 418,917
2009 6,114,008 427,665
2008 7,313,179 476,939
2012 & 2013 Budget
Utility Tax
Utility taxes are levied on the gross operating
revenues earned by private utilities; electric, gas,
telephone, cable television, and solid waste,
within Bremerton.
Revenue from utility tax declined in 2009 as the
result of PSNS securing natural gas from a tax-
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