Sales Tax Strong To Start 2021

Wed, 03/03/2021 - 1:51pm

Ryan Storz

Crawford County’s general revenue sales tax has soared to begin 2021.

While the county began the year down 12% from 2020, January spending skyrocketed 31%.

The county has collected $331,619.46 through the first two months.

In January, the county collected $180,004.02, down $206,385.66 year-over-year.

January collection comes from December spending.

In February, the county collected $151,615.44, up from $115,648.04 last year.

That tops the previous high of $138,678.40 in February 2019.

Crawford County is already up more than $10,000 from this point last year.

Through all of 2020, the county collected more than $2.4 million in general revenue sales tax.

LEO/CI

The law enforcement and capital improvement sales taxes also were up in February.

Both taxes were down nearly 10% in January, but rebounded in February, increasing 28% year-over-year.

The county brought in $73,416.21 for both funds this month.

That is up from $57,162.31 in 2020.

The two funds have hauled in around $162,242 so far, up from around $156,000 in 2020.