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State Revenues

Revenues can be viewed by the individual source such as income tax and sales tax; there are about 35 separate taxes and fees as shown in the 'Revenue by Source' table below.

The general and transportation fund totals are represented in the pie chart below and can be viewed in greater detail by selecting a fund from the 'View a fund' option below.

Various trends in funding can also be viewed. An example on this page is the trend in total revenue over 5 years as shown in the stacked bar graph at the bottom of this page.

For this year's numbers, please visit the State of Vermont's Legislative Joint Fiscal Office.

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Revenue by Fund (2008 in millions)

Transportation - $ 249.4M
General - $ 1,416.2M

Education - $ 1,238.1M

Revenue by Source; individual taxes and fees (2008 in millions):
source revenue

Personal Income Tax       $ 622.3M details

NonHomestead Education Tax       $ 478.1M details

Sales & Use       $ 338.4M details

Net Homestead Education Tax       $ 304.8M details

GF Transfer       $ 280.2M details

Rooms & Meals       $ 121.1M details

Sales & Use Tax       $ 116.7M details

Vehicle Purchase & Use       $ 79.0M details

Corporate       $ 74.6M details

Motor Vehicle Fees       $ 67.5M details

Gasoline       $ 62.6M details

Cigarette       $ 59.2M details

Insurance       $ 54.8M details

Property Transfer       $ 34.0M details

Purchase & Use Tax       $ 27.6M details

Other Tranportation       $ 23.7M details

Lottery Transfer       $ 23.6M details

Lottery       $ 22.7M details

Diesel       $ 16.6M details

Estate       $ 15.7M details

Fees       $ 14.7M details

Liquor       $ 14.2M details

Bank Franchise       $ 10.2M details

Telephone       $ 9.5M details

Medicaid Transfer       $ 8.5M details

Beverage       $ 5.6M details

Fines Forfeits       $ 4.4M details

Interest Premiums       $ 3.9M details

Other Tax       $ 3.2M details

Business Licenses       $ 2.7M details

Vermont Yankee Education Tax       $ 1.9M details

Services       $ 1.7M details

Other Revenue       $ 0.6M details

Fund Interest       $- 3.3M details

2008 Revenue by Source (top four in millions)

Personal Income Tax - $ 622.3M

NonHomestead Education Tax - $ 478.1M

Sales & Use - $ 338.4M

Net Homestead Education Tax - $ 304.8M

Remainder - $ 1,160.1M

Recent trends in revenue:

Personal Income Tax
NonHomestead Education Tax
Sales & Use
Net Homestead Education Tax
Remainder

All numbers in the table below are per $1,000

	Personal Income Tax change (base 2003; year-to-year)	NonHomestead Education Tax change (base 2003; year-to-year)	Sales & Use change (base 2003; year-to-year)	Net Homestead Education Tax change (base 2003; year-to-year)	'remainder' change (base 2003; year-to-year)
2003	$411,238		$232,306		$1,407,632
2004	$429,817 4.5%; 4.5%	-	$272,194 17.2%; 17.2%	-	$1,537,915 9%; 9%
2005	$499,860 21.5%; 16.3%	$385,800 -	$310,803 33.8%; 14.2%	$265,400 -	$1,074,171 -24%; -30%
2006	$542,000 31.8%; 8.4%	$418,100 31.8%; 8.4%	$325,500 40.1%; 4.7%	$301,000 40.1%; 13.4%	$1,116,800 -21%; 4%
2007	$581,200 41.3%; 7.2%	$455,100 41.3%; 8.8%	$333,700 43.6%; 2.5%	$314,000 43.6%; 4.3%	$1,158,300 -18%; 4%
2008	$622,300 51.3%; 7.1%	$478,100 51.3%; 5.1%	$338,400 45.7%; 1.4%	$304,800 45.7%; -2.9%	$1,160,100 -18%; 0%