Two entities showed strong sales tax revenue growth in the latest report from the Missouri Department of Revenue.
Houston’s one-cent sales tax jumped $11,631 from the same period a year ago — an increase of 22 percent from the same monthly period in 2013. For the first two months of the year, the total for the tax is $121,986, which is up $9,108 from a year ago.
Houston merchants also collect two, quarter-cent sales taxes for sidewalks, streets and utility work. Each contributed $15,551, which was up about $3,017 each from the same period a year ago. For the year, the total on each is $28,864, which is up $2,604 on each.
Revenue from an eighth-cent sales tax for debt repayment on a fire truck totaled $7,775.
The monthly tally in Texas County grew about 18 percent from the same period a year ago. Each half-cent sales tax totaled about $101,455 — an increase of 18.4 percent from a year ago. In the first two months of the year, revenue is up about 14 percent. Each has generated about $174,140.