February 24, 2025
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County’s local option sales tax collections for January 2025 outperformed December 2024 and as well as totals for January a year ago.
According to the Tennessee Department of Revenue, DeKalb County collected $277,102 in January 2025, up from $175,759 in December 2024 and better than $222,079 taken in during January 2024.
Local option sales tax collections in January 2025 were up in three of the four towns in DeKalb County compared to December 2024 and better than January 2024 totals in two of the cities.
In Smithville, January 2025 collections were $467,422, up from $394,435 in December 2024 but below $573,752 in January 2024.
Alexandria’s collections increased from $33,091 in December 2024 to $35,418 in January 2025 and were better than January 2024’s collections of $32,635.
Dowelltown brought in $4,795 in January 2025 compared to $4,135 in December 2024 and $4,318 in January 2024.
Liberty’s dropped from $12,961 in December 2024 to $11,560 in January 2025 and were below $13,933 collected in January 2024.
Net collections of local option sales taxes for the county and cities combined in January 2025 were $796,299, up from $620,384 in December 2024 but below the $846,718 taken in during January 2024
January 2025 sales tax collections reflect previous month activity.