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FY2005 Revenue By Source and Budgetary Fund (in millions)
Source	All Funds	General	MBTA	Highway	Other
Alcoholic Beverages	70.2	70.2
Cigarette	415.6	344.6			71.0
Corporations	1,067.0	1,067.0
Deeds	150.0	150.0
Estate/Inheritance	184.0	184.0
Financial Institutions	254.9	254.9
Income	8,572.3	8,572.3
Insurance	410.0	410.0
Motor Fuels (MA 0.215, Fed 0.183)	702.1	101.2		600.0	0.9
Public Utilities	54.9	54.9
Room Occupancy	92.1	59.9			32.2
Sales & Use: Regular	2,647.6	2,093.8	553.8
Sales & Use: Meals	531.1	531.1
Sales & Use: Motor Vehicles	623.8	493.3	130.5
Miscellaneous	4.3	4.3
Unemployment Insurance Surcharges	21.0				21.0
Gross Consensus Revenue Forecast	15,801.1	14,391.6	684.3	600.0	125.2
Transfers off budget
MBTA	(684.3)		(684.3)
Pensions	(1,217.0)	(1,217.0)
Net Consensus Forecast (Joint Tax Number)	13,899.8	13,174.6		600.0	125.2
Tax Adjustments after Consensus Forecast
Closure of Tax Loopholes	89.0	89.0
Enhanced Auditing (item 1201-0130)	65.5	65.5
Lottery Prize Assignment	12.7	12.7
Total Taxes	14,067.0	13,341.8		600.0	125.2
School Building Assistance Transfer Off Budget	(395.7)	(395.7)
Lottery Prize Assignment to Stabilization Fund		(12.7)			(12.7)
Net Taxes for Budget	13,671.2	12,933.4		600.0	137.9
Federal Reimbursements	5,029.2	4,685.9		3.6	339.7
Departmental Revenues	1,850.2	1,396.7		435.5	18.0
Transfers & Other Receipts	1,449.5	2,135.7		(74.1)	(612.1)
Total for Budget	22,000.0	21,151.6		965.0	(116.6)

Note Sales and Use: Meals. A $531 million tax on eating.

Note Room Occupancy. A $92.1 million tax on sleeping.

Note Motor Fuels. Mass fuel tax = 0.213/gallon = 3.3 billion gallons

Note Sales & Use taxes. $684 million transfer to MBTA

Note monies trasferred out of budget. $2,309.7 million

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