April 30, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County’s share of local option sales tax collections for March 2021 outperformed the same month in 2020 by more than $13,000 according to the Tennessee Department of Revenue. For the county and the four cities therein combined collections were up by more than $33,000.
Still the increase shown in March was not as large as the previous eight months of the fiscal year (July, 2020 to March, 2021). (VIEW CHARTS)
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 $99,223 in March, 2021 compared to $85,621 for March, 2020.
Three of 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: $264,486 ( March, 2021), $251,032 (March 2020)
Alexandria: $26,214 (March, 2021), $21,140 (March 2020)
Dowelltown: $2,473 (March, 2021), $4,375 (March (2020)
Liberty: $7,385 (March, 2021), $3,958 (March 2020)
NET COLLECTIONS (LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX): $399,784 (March 2021), $366, 127 (March 2020)
March sales tax collections reflect previous month activity