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Benicia local rate will rise to 9.625% when Measure F takes effect April 1
Summary
City sales-tax consultant Ken Nordoff told the new Local Tax Oversight Board that Measure F, approved by voters and taking effect April 1, will raise Benicia's combined sales/transaction tax rate to 9.625%, adding both direct and pooled revenues to the city's receipts.
Benicia’s Local Tax Oversight Board heard on its inaugural meeting that the city’s combined sales and transaction tax rate will rise to 9.625% with the implementation of Measure F on April 1.
“The rate is gonna go up to 9.625%,” HDL consultant Ken Nordoff said, summarizing how Measure F, together with existing measures B and C and county components, changes the city’s local rate. Nordoff said Measure F is a 0.5¢ measure approved in the citizen initiative process with about 62% voter support and is earmarked for roads.
Why it matters: Nordoff presented an allocation breakdown showing the city receives both direct point-of-sale revenues and a share of county pool distributions. In the example quarter he cited, Benicia received roughly $1,400,000 in directly allocated receipts plus about $309,000 in county pool dollars. That mix will be modified as Measure F begins to be collected.
Nordoff cautioned that different tax components are driven by state, county and local levies, and the result is a composite rate that residents and out-of-state sellers must now apply and remit. He also reminded the board that the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) administers collections and allocations, determining how much returns to local agencies.
