County sales tax numbers lower than last year
Marion County Clerk Carol Maggard presented the county sales tax report to the Marion County Commission at Monday's meeting.
The amount of $36,174.11 was collected in September and distributed in November. The September collection was only slightly higher than the September collection in 2001 totaling $35,864.08.
"The total amount collected for the past 11 months is $10,655.19 below the previous year's amount," reported Maggard.
The total collection for 2003 to date is $411,779.62, with one month of distribution remaining in the calendar year. At the same time last year, $422,434.81 had been collected in taxes.
The report given to the commission reflected seven years of sales tax revenue.
In 1999, a total of $460,715.62 in tax revenue was collected and distributed making it the highest while $439,048.37 collected in 1997 made it the lowest to date.
