Sales tax collections in Texas County were down in the latest monthly distribution, reports the Missouri Department of Revenue.
Revenue from three half-cent sales taxes was down about 2.8 percent each from the same month a year ago. The tally from each sales tax was about $62,268.
In the first quarter of 2016, the total is about $333,750 each, which is up 2.4 percent from last year.
Revenue from a three-eighths sales tax for the county’s 911 system was $46,621, which was down $1,366 from a year ago. For the year, $247,608 has been collected. That’s up about $6,027 from last year.