The proposal
Municipal Impact Calculator
Less than a penny for the city. Not one penny more for taxpayers. The same change, stated three ways: as a percentage of the share cities receive today, in cents of the covered 7-cent tax, and in dollars for a city's own annual diversion.
What the change is worth, three ways
As a percentage
18.5% to 30.0%
At the endpoint, a city receives a 62.16 percent larger municipal share of the covered regular sales dollar than it receives today.
In cents
1.295 to 2.100
Cents per covered regular sales dollar, out of the covered 7-cent tax. The consumer rate and the taxable base do not change.
In dollars
Your city's own figure
Apply the statutory ratios to a city's current annual covered diversion. The examples below show what that produces for three round starting figures.
These figures are planning estimates, not Department of Revenue fiscal notes.
Examples
Each row starts from a round annual covered diversion. The middle column is the gain produced by one ordinary 2-point step; the last column is the gain at the 30 percent endpoint.
Estimate
| Current annual covered diversion | Each 2-point step | 30% endpoint gain |
|---|---|---|
| $1 million | $108,108 | $621,622 |
| $10 million | $1.081 million | $6.216 million |
| $100 million | $10.811 million | $62.162 million |
$1 million
- Each 2-point step
- $108,108
- 30% endpoint gain
- $621,622
$10 million
- Each 2-point step
- $1.081 million
- 30% endpoint gain
- $6.216 million
$100 million
- Each 2-point step
- $10.811 million
- 30% endpoint gain
- $62.162 million
- Source
- MMRP six-year municipal share schedule 18.5 percent to 30.0 percent (proposal figures), applied to the stated starting diversion.
- As of
- Retrieved
- Definition
- A covered regular sales dollar is a dollar of municipal business activity to which the ordinary diversion clause in Mississippi Code Section 27-65-75 applies. Each ordinary step raises the municipal share by 2 percentage points; the endpoint is 30 percent.
- Rounding
- Dollars below one million are rounded to the whole dollar; one million and above are shown to three decimal places in millions.
These figures are planning estimates, not Department of Revenue fiscal notes.
Actual receipts depend on economic activity, statutory exclusions, Department of Revenue adjustments, and the precise revenue series used in bill drafting.
Work it out for your city
The form below works the same ratios against a single city's own figures. Enter what your budget already tells you, and the results begin by restating those figures, so every number that follows can be read against them.
It runs entirely in your browser: nothing you type is sent anywhere, saved, or added to the web address, and the page keeps no record of it once the tab is closed. A city that would rather talk it through can use the secure contact form. The notes on method and inputs follow the form.
Results appear here once you enter your city's figures and choose Calculate estimates. Everything the calculator produces is a planning estimate: planning estimates, not Department of Revenue fiscal notes.
Worked from the figures you entered: a current annual ordinary municipal sales-tax diversion of — and a population of — residents.
Your city at a glance
What is the plan worth to us each year? These three figures answer that. Every dollar amount is an annual figure.
- Added revenue each year at the 30 percent endpoint share
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- The estimated total at the endpoint of the six-year schedule, less the diversion you entered. A recurring annual figure, not a one-time sum.
- Added revenue each year from one ordinary 2-point step
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- What one scheduled step adds, before the steps that follow it. A step raises the municipal share by 2 percentage points of the covered regular sales dollar.
- Endpoint gain per resident, per year
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- The endpoint gain divided by the population you entered.
The same result, in more detail
Percentages in this block describe the municipal share of the covered regular sales dollar — the 18.5 percent cities receive today, moving to 30 percent at the endpoint. They are not percentages of your city's own money.
- Your diversion at today's 18.5 percent share
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- Restated from the figure you entered, so the rest of the table has a visible starting point.
- Estimated total at the 30 percent share
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- The endpoint of the six-year schedule, not a step along the way.
- How much larger the municipal share becomes
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- Read this one carefully: it compares two shares, and it is not a percentage of your city's money. The 30 percent endpoint share is this much larger than the 18.5 percent share cities receive today, and the dollar figures above grow in the same proportion.
These figures are planning estimates, not Department of Revenue fiscal notes.
Every scheduled step, year by year
What does the whole six-year path look like? Most cities need only the figures above; this is the full route to the endpoint, one stage at a time.
Show the year-by-year table
| Stage | Municipal share | Estimated total | Gain over current | Increase per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 18.5% | — | — | — |
| Year 1 | 20.5% | — | — | — |
| Year 2 | 22.5% | — | — | — |
| Year 3 | 24.5% | — | — | — |
| Year 4 | 26.5% | — | — | — |
| Year 5 | 28.5% | — | — | — |
| Year 6 | 30.0% | — | — | — |
Current 18.5% municipal share
- Estimated total
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- Gain over current
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- Increase per resident
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Year 1 20.5% municipal share
- Estimated total
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- Gain over current
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- Increase per resident
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Year 2 22.5% municipal share
- Estimated total
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- Gain over current
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- Increase per resident
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Year 3 24.5% municipal share
- Estimated total
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- Gain over current
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- Increase per resident
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Year 4 26.5% municipal share
- Estimated total
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- Gain over current
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- Increase per resident
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Year 5 28.5% municipal share
- Estimated total
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- Gain over current
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- Increase per resident
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Year 6 30.0% municipal share
- Estimated total
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- Gain over current
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- Increase per resident
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- Percentages
- Municipal share is a share of the covered regular sales dollar, not a share of your city's own money.
- Definition
- A covered regular sales dollar is a dollar of municipal business activity to which the ordinary diversion clause in Mississippi Code Section 27-65-75 applies. Each ordinary step raises the municipal share by 2 percentage points; the endpoint is 30 percent.
- Rounding
- Dollars below one million are rounded to the whole dollar; one million and above are shown to three decimal places in millions. Per-resident figures are shown to the cent.
These figures are planning estimates, not Department of Revenue fiscal notes.
Actual receipts depend on economic activity, statutory exclusions, DOR adjustments, and the precise revenue series used in bill drafting.
Method and definitions
What the calculator asks for
The calculator works from a small number of figures a city already has in its own budget documents.
- Current annual ordinary municipal sales-tax diversion
- The city's own annual figure. Every dollar result on this page scales from it.
- Population
- Used to express an increase per resident.
Estimate
Derived figure calculated from published inputs. Not an official reported total.
Every result the calculator produces is a planning estimate. Outputs are planning estimates, not Department of Revenue fiscal notes.
Which percentages mean what
Every percentage on this page describes the same thing: the municipal share of the covered regular sales dollar: 18.5 percent today, 30.0 percent at the endpoint. A step is stated in percentage points of that same covered regular sales dollar, never as a percentage of a city's own money.