Nevada will collect more in taxes next biennium without sunsets than it did in this biennium with sunsets

Victor Joecks

In FY 2014-15, Nevada will collect $6.27 billion in taxes for its general fund, which includes around $600 million in sunset taxes.  For FY 2016-17, Nevada will collect $6.33 billion in taxes without the sunset taxes.

 

General Fund taxes

Biennium spending

2014

$3,066,946,360

 

2015

$3,205,289,294

$6,272,235,654

2016

$3,069,593,035

 

2017

$3,260,982,435

$6,330,575,470

So does Nevada have a spending problem or a tax-collection problem? You be the judge.