Revenue from sales taxes collected in Houston was nearly unchanged in the latest monthly distribution compared to 2014, according to the Missouri Department of Revenue.
The tally from a one-cent sales tax was $56,610, up $221 from the same monthly period a year ago. For the first three quarters of the year, $536,612 has been collected. That’s up $15,208 from the same period a year ago.
Merchants also collected two quarter-cent sales taxes for streets, sidewalks and utility work. Each contributed $13,769, up $77 from a year.
An eighth-cent sales for debt repayment on a fire truck netted $6,884.