March 25, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County’s share of local option sales tax collections for February 2021 eclipsed those for the same month in 2020 by more than $50,000 according to the Tennessee Department of Revenue. For the county and the four cities therein combined collections were up by almost $112,000.
In his monthly report on local option sales tax collections, County Mayor Tim Stribling informed the county commission Monday night that DeKalb County brought in $116, 027 in February, 2021 compared to $64,901 for February, 2020.
All four cities within DeKalb County also hauled in more local option sales tax revenue as well. The comparisons between the two months for each municipality are as follows :
Smithville: $299,506 ( February, 2021), $245,197 (February 2020)
Alexandria: $26,072 (February, 2021), $23,303 (February 2020)
Dowelltown: $3,027 (February, 2021), $1,480 (February 2020)
Liberty: $8,208 (February, 2021), $5,970 (February 2020)
NET COLLECTIONS (LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX): $452,842 (February 2021), $340, 857 (February 2020)