February 22, 2010 journal, about South Carolina total income includes 42 million alcohol tax. This is the first time I have seen a state budget receivables report and its 2.5 billion not counting lottery funds or property taxes which must go directly to schools and counties. They report 0 taxes collected on mental health. The largest by far 764 million sales tax. BEA WORKING GROUP MEETING DECEMBER 17, 2009 GENERAL FUND REVENUE CUMULATIVE SUMMARY: FISCAL YEARS 2008-09 & 2009-10 REVENUE CATEGORIES FY 2008·09 FY 2009-10 $ CHANGE % CHANGE Retail Sales and Use Tax 11 $764,326,319 $725.544.718 ($38.781.601) (5.1) Excise Tax. Casual Sales 11 6,468,425 4.911.033 (1,557.392) (24.1) Individual Income Tax 1,523,310,990 1,463,777,162 (59,533,828) (3.9) Corporation Income Tax 30,589,193 8,675,192 (21,914,001) (71.6) Admissions Tax 21 3.919,179 3,880,985 (38,194) (1.0) Admissions Tax - Bingo 21 945,647 976,936 31,289 3.3 Aircraft Tax 764,119 84,112 (680,007) (89.0) Alcoholic Liquor Tax 21 18,089,820 17,480,549 (609,271) (3.4) Bank Tax 2,348,574 8,015,546 5,666,972 241.3 Beer and Wine Tax 21 36,125,328 34,324.272 (1.801,056) (5.0) Business License Tax (Tobacco) 2. 10.134,472 11,058.084 923,612 9.1 Coin-Operated Device Tax 684,138 384.805 (299,333) (43.8) Corporation License Tax 25,411,556 22,964,946 (2,446,610) (9.6) Departmental Revenue 31 5,912,193 (122,322) (6,034,515) (102.1) Documentary Tax 21 11,062,929 10,781,020 (281,909) (2.5) Earned on Investments ** 35,832,070 19,179,030 41 (16,653,040) (46.5) Estate and Gift Taxes (11,838) 72,399 84,237 711.6 # Insurance Tax 64,792,658 46,534,188 (18,258,470) (28.2) Motor Transport Fees 6,174 400 (5,774) (93.5) Motor Vehicle Licenses 4.794.585 1,681,906 (3,112,679) (64.9) Private Car Lines Tax 663,085 743,770' 80,685 12.2 Public Service Authority 0 ° 0 0.0 Retailers License Tax 315,923 313,901 (2,022) (0.6) Savings and Loan Assoc. Tax 467,620 1,191.866 724,246 154.9 Workers Comp.lnsurance Tax 1,394,225 3,535,939 2,141,714 153.6 Circuit/Family Court Fines 4,119,483 4,028,668 (90,815) (2.2) Debt Service Transfers 50,185 53,241 3,056 6.1 Indirect Cost Recoveries 5,195,456 2,550,350 (2,645,106) (50.9) Mental Health Fees 0 0 0 0.0 Parole and Probation Fees 1,017,840 308,438 (709,402) (69.7) Unclaimed Property Fund 3,000,000 3,000,000 ° 0.0 Gross General Fund Revenue 51 $2,561,730,348 $2,395,931,134 ($165,799,214) (6.5) 1/: Excludes Education Impro\lellleOtAct (42 million alcohol tax is not much considering all the blood it spills and all the extra policing it takes to deal with it. not to mention all the broken homes, abused and neglected children it generates. Shame on those authorizing it ) Considering that the state of Arizona reportedly closed 10 DMV offices and all their rest stops on the interstate highways, I think South Carolina should look at the state elaborate employee retirement plan and the fancy 100% health insurance for retired workers which amounts to double insurance since they qualify for Medicare. I believe every state will be in the same boat as Arizona and the most other states that are suddenly bankrupt. There is more to life than health insurance or even public education if our future is not aborted.