Sales tax figures updated

By Staff, 09/13/18 10:18 AM

PRESCOTT – Sales tax figures for Prescott and Nevada County showed a significant jump from June to July.

According to information provided by Mary Godwin, executive director of the Prescott-Nevada County Economic Development Office (EDO), the amount received from the city’s sales tax in June was $53,818.75. However, this amount climbed to $61,671.20 in July. The total to date for the city sales tax is $386,002.09.

For the county, the June figures showed $135.345.20, while the July tally showed an increase to $157,079,64. This brought the county’s sales tax to $1.001,994.87 for the first seven months of the year.

The total tax for June was $186,077.45, with the figure in July rising to $218,750.84, and bringing the total to date to $1,387,996.96.

So far, the city’s sales tax is averaging $55,143.16 a month, while the county’s figures are $198,285.28 monthly.