The most recent revenue from a one-cent sales tax was up about 6 percent from the same monthly period a year ago, reports the Missouri Department of Revenue.
The total was $67,130, a jump of $3,707 from the same period a year ago. In the first eight months of the year, the total is $465,015, up about 5 percent from 2013.
Merchants also collect two, quarter-cent sales taxes earmarked for sidewalks, roads and utility work. Each contributed $16,253 in the most recent monthly period. That’s up $814 from a year ago.
An eighth-cent sales tax earmarked for debt repayment on a fire truck totaled $8,127.