Sales tax revenue collected by Houston merchants was up about 3.5 percent over the same monthly period a year ago, reports the Missouri Department of Revenue.
The total from a one-cent sales tax was $51,402, which is up $1,785 from the same period in 2017.
For the first seven months of the year, $413,049 has been collected. That’s nearly unchanged from the prior year.
Retailers also collected two, quarter-cent sales taxes for streets, sidewalks and utility work. Each contributed about $12,318.