Top 20 Business Categories
<br /> 3rd Qtr '95 3rd Qb' ~j4 Pdor 4 Qtr % Of Total
<br /> Business Type Count $ Count $ Average City County State
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<br /> Department Stores 6 413 838 9 401,761 443282 15.9% 6.6% 8.2%
<br /> New Motor Vehicle Dealers 17 257 390 15 254,834 237,582 9.9% 10.3% 10.4%
<br /> Lumber/Building Materials 10 173 545 14 172,584 151,702 6.7% 3.4% 3.6%
<br /> Contractors 98 133 871 89 62,232 85,410 5.1% 3.8% 3.2%
<br /> Light Industrial/Printers 190 133 060 163 176,157 131,405 5.1% 6.9% 5.1%
<br /> Office Equipment 47 104 360 39 76,228 78,493 4.0% 2.0% 1.2%
<br /> Textiles/Furnishings 50 91 184 44 101,575 83,053 3.5% 1.1% 0.9%
<br /> Specialty Stores 484 89,433 437 70,312 90,434 3.4% 3.5% 3.0%
<br /> Service Stations 19 87,720 16 88249 83,391 3.4% 4.4% 6.4%
<br /> Restaurants Liquor 32 86,585 28 92,660 83,579 3.3% 2.1% 3.1%
<br /> Electrical Equipment 108 76,770 47 60,595 89,431 2.9% 4.4% 2.8%
<br /> Fast Food 94 68,329 92 64,885 64,233 2.6% 3.2% 4.3%
<br /> Home Furnishings 127 66,408 102 62,598 67,387 2.5% 1.6% 1.9%
<br /> Restaurants Beer And Wine 68 64,797 73 57,1 O0 58,089 2.5% 2.4% 2.4%
<br /> Office Furniture 88 62,352 77 123,018 66,795 2.4% 3.4% 2.7%
<br /> Grocery Stores Liquor 10 61223 11 62,648 61,789 2.3% 2.8% 4.0%
<br /> Women's Apparel 51 47,519 46 50,881 54,622 1.8% 0.7% 1.1%
<br /> Motion Pictures/Equipment 6 46,110 5 43,988 48,541 1.8% 0.3% 0.4%
<br /> Business Services 195 34,388 148 31,460 iiii 37,454 1.3% 1.7% 1.9%
<br /> Family Apparel 38 33,943 30 29,302 ;:ii;!~31,378 1.3% 0.9% 1.5%
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<br /> Christmas not so Ho Ho
<br /> Jurisdictions heavily dependent on changes from December 1994:
<br />con't from front page retail consumer goods for their tax
<br />· Companieswithneithersales basemay ~nd their March receipts to Bay Area +1.4%
<br />offices or inventory in California be lower than expected according to Los Angeles -5.7%
<br />would allocate sales of $~00,000 or Telecheck Services, Inc. The corn- San Diego -2.5%
<br />more to the jurisdiction of the pany which tracks the volume ofau-
<br />purchaser. thorized checks written by consum- Checks represent 37% of retail
<br />· Companies that self impose ers at slightly over 17,000 locations spending and year-to-year compari-
<br />use tax for consumption of their own reported. the following regional sons are for same store sales only.
<br />merchandise or for purchase of mer-
<br />chandise from out of state vendors
<br />with no California permit would be
<br />allowed to allocate the tax to the Top 25 Producers
<br />jurisdiction where the merchandise is LIsted Alphabetically Infiniti Of Pleasanton
<br />first placed into use. Alameda Newspapers J C Penhey
<br />The Board determined that the Associated Process Controls Kaiser Sand & Gravel
<br />CMA request to assign "use tax" on Best Products Macys
<br />leased equipment to jurisdictions California Shingle & Shake Nellcot Incorporated
<br />where the equipment is being used Central Whsle Elec Distrs Nordstrom
<br />was outside the its regulatory author- Computerlad Corp Philip Morris
<br />ity. If the Board approves draft lan- East Bay Brow Pleasanton Automotive
<br />guage on February 20, notices would Emporium Capwell Pleasanton Mitsubishi
<br />be sent to all interested parties and Hacienda Motors Ltd Rmc Lonestar
<br />hearings probably held in late March. Herrera Cdllc Oldsmbl Gmc Trk Saturn Of Pleasanton
<br />Changes could become effective as Hewlett Packard Company Stoneridge Motors
<br />early as July 1. Home Depot U S A Whirlpool
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