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Organized
Retail Crime:
Estimated Lost Sales Tax Revenue by State
The Food Marketing Institute has released a
report containing Organized Retail Crime:
Estimated Lost Sales Tax Revenue by State.
Over the next several days the Daily will
publish these figures. Stay tuned to see
your state estimate!
State |
Annual Sales - Retail
Trade and Food Services (2009) |
State % of Annual
Retail Sales |
Est. Amount of Stolen
Merchandise Attributed to ORC (by
State) |
State Sales Tax Rates
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Est. Lost Sales Tax
Revenue Attributed to ORC (by State) |
United States |
$4,320,920,742,646
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$30,000,000,000
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Alabama |
$65,008,159,844 |
1.50% |
$451,349,356 |
4.00% |
$18,053,974
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Arizona |
$93,052,595,234
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2.15% |
$646,060,880
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6.60% |
$42,640,018 |
Arkansas |
$38,330,197,315
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0.89% |
$266,125,205
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6.00% |
$15,967,512
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California |
$519,572,073,157
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12.02% |
$3,607,370,540
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7.50% |
$270,552,791
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Colorado |
$75,326,144,250
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1.74% |
$522,986,757
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2.90% |
$15,166,616
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*Note:
States with no state sales tax were
omitted (AK, DE, MT, NH, and OR) |
For more
information on organized retail crime, visit
FMI's issue page.
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Boulder, Colorado area couple behind bars for
stealing thousands from Walmarts with their
children. Ricky Woodall and Christina Rogers-Woodall
are accused of stealing thousands of dollars in
merchandise from Walmart stores in Longmont,
Loveland and Lafayette. The Woodall’s would bring
their children ages 9, 12, and 17 to steal DVD’s,
video games and household items, placing the items
into used Walmart bags and pushing the cart out the
front door. (Source
dailycamera.com)
Police alert - ORC couple hitting Seaside, Oregon
area retailers with fraudulent checks and bad credit
cards A female
described at white in her mid to late 20’s, skinny,
with dark hair showing blond highlights and a a
white male 6-foot with scratches on his face and
neck wearing a stocking cap have been hitting stores
in the area. The vehicle involved in the Seaside
activity is described as a white 2012 Chev Malibu
four door Oregon License 753FTJ. The vehicle is a
rental car out of Tualatin Oregon.
(Source
thenewsguard.com)
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