CLIPBOARD : April Sales and Use Tax Revenue

In April, the most recent month for which information is available, Orange County cities received a collective $17.56 million in sales and use tax rebates from the state. Despite the current recession, this total was just 1.7% less than the April, 1990 total.

The largest amount received by any city was the $2.2 million rebated to Anaheim; the smallest, $13,000 to Villa Park. However, Anaheim’s total is 4.4% less than the city received last April, whereas Villa Park’s total is 479% more.

Each month city and county governments and other government organizations receive payments from the state in anticipation of actual sales tax revenue. In the fourth month, they receive a cleanup payment--the difference between actual revenue and the amounts previously received--plus the first advance payment for the next quarter. The amounts listed here are the second advance payments for the first quarter of 1991.

April April 1990-1991 City 1990 1991 % Change Anaheim $2,353,200 $2,248,800 -4.4 Brea 444,100 490,300 +10.4 Buena Park 664,100 648,200 -2.3 Costa Mesa 1,665,500 1,580,900 -5.0 Cypress 228,500 199,200 -12.8 Dana Point 152,300 153,800 +0.9 Fountain Valley 308,400 445,400 +44.4 Fullerton 839,100 902,600 +7.6 Garden Grove 949,700 866,600 -8.8 Huntington Beach 1,234,500 1,173,400 -4.9 Irvine 1,602,000 1,539,100 -3.9 Laguna Beach 138,900 145,000 +4.4 Laguna Niguel 101,800 174,300 +71.2 La Habra 303,500 296,500 -2.3 La Palma 46,900 74,700 +59.2 Los Alamitos 145,200 143,400 -1.2 Mission Viejo 371,600 380,900 +2.5 Newport Beach 877,600 719,800 -17.9 Orange 1,434,300 1,367,500 -4.7 Placentia 197,800 198,600 +0.4 San Clemente 168,000 167,000 -0.6 San Juan Capistrano 149,700 209,300 +39.8 Santa Ana 2,030,500 1,857,400 -8.5 Seal Beach 82,200 83,000 +0.9 Stanton 188,300 188,600 +0.2 Tustin 513,200 609,100 +18.7 Villa Park 2,245 13,000 +479.1 Westminster 570,900 569,500 -0.2 Yorba Linda 109,300 114,800 +5.0 CITIES TOTAL $17,873,345 $17,560,700 -1.7

Source: State Board of Equalization