August 23, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
The new fiscal year has started off strong in terms of local option sales tax collections in DeKalb County.
According to the Tennessee Department of Revenue, DeKalb County took in $194,418 in local option sales taxes for July, 2021 which is up from $150,968 for July, 2020.
Collections were also up in three of the four towns in July.
In Smithville, July, 2021 local option sales taxes totaled $335,950 compared to $329,016 for July 2020. Collections for Liberty increased from $6,110 in July 2020 to $8,492 in July, 2021. Dowelltown took in $2,968 in July, 2021, an increase from $1,913 in July, 2020. Alexandria saw a slight decrease from $28,437 in July, 2020 to $27,498 in July, 2021.
Net Collections with the county and cities combined showed a jump in local option sales tax collections in July 2021 to $569,329, up from $516,447 in July, 2020.