Sales tax collections in the first half of the year are up in the City of Houston, according to a Missouri Department of Revenue report.
The total for the first six months of the year from a one-cent sales tax is $379,520, which is up $17,878 from the same period a year ago. That’s an increase of about 5 percent from 2018.
Merchants also collect two quarter-cent sales taxes for streets, sidewalks and utility work. Each contributed about $89,189 for the first half. That’s up about $1,419 for the year.
The city’s cut of taxes collected on internet sales is $18,511 for the year.