May 26, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County’s share of local option sales tax collections for April 2021 outperformed the same month in 2020 by more than $58,000 according to the Tennessee Department of Revenue. For the county and the four cities therein combined collections were up by more than $137,000.
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 $149,918 in April, 2021 compared to $91,857 for April, 2020.
The four cities within DeKalb County also hauled in more local option sales tax revenue.
The comparisons between the two months for each municipality are as follows:
Smithville: $376,296 (April 2021), $308,898 (April 2020)
Alexandria: $34,482 (April 2021), $27,902 (April 2020)
Dowelltown: $3,159 (April 2021), $1,838 (April 2020)
Liberty: $9,604 (April 2021), $5,172 (April 2020)
NET COLLECTIONS (LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX): $573,462 (April 2021), $435,669 (April 2020)
April sales tax collections reflect previous month activity