Revenue from a one-cent sales tax collected by Houston merchants was up about 2.6 percent from the same period a year ago, reports the Missouri Department of Revenue.
The total during the latest monthly distribution was $47,011, which was up $1,196 from the same period a year ago. For the year, $397,885 has been collected. That’s up $18,587 for the first seven months of 2014.
Two quarter-cent sales taxes — for streets, sidewalks and utility work — each totaled about $11,413 for the month. An eighth-cent sales tax for debt retirement on a fire truck totaled $5,706.