Sales tax revenue collected by Houston merchants was nearly unchanged in 2012 compared to the previous year, the Missouri Department of Revenue reports.
Retailers collected $650,143 from a one-cent sales tax, which was up $677 from the same period a year ago.
The last check of the year was $54,753, which was down $4,427 from the same monthly period a year ago.
Two quarter-cent sales taxes — for streets, sidewalks and utility work — totaled $157,148 each. That’s up $1,113 on each for the year.
An eighth-cent sales tax for debt repayment on a fire truck generated $78,572 for the year.