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Malta's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Malta took in $64 thousand and spent $20 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money63%City taxes31%Fines and other6.3%

What stands out

63%

of Malta's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

City taxes31%

Other taxes
14%$9 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage taxes and other licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$8 thousand
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
11%$7 thousand
Property tax
6.3%$4 thousand

State tax money63%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
63%$40 thousand

Fines and other6.3%

Interest, rents and other
4.7%$3 thousand
Fines
1.6%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs60%Roads, transit and parking20%Police, fire, courts and jails10%Sent to other local governments10%

What stands out

60%

of Malta's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 22%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
60%$12 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$6 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$4 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
20%$4 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
10%$2 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$2 thousand
Sent to other local governments
10%$2 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Malta. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Malta itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.