Sales tax revenue collected by merchants in Texas County continued to climb, according to the latest report from the Missouri Department of Revenue.
Funds from each of three half-cent sales tax increased more than 4 percent from the same period a year ago. For the year, each is up more than 9 percent.
July’s checks totaled about $102,266 each. In the first seven months of the year, about $745,000 has been collected.
The county also received $40,085 for the month from sales taxes collected from out of-state sales.
| Period | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 compared to 2019 | 2021 compared to 2020 |
| July 2021 | $69,095 | $98,050 | $102,267 | $28,955 | $4,216 |
| Year-to-date | $625,320 | $679,244 | $744,937 | $53,923 | $65,693 |