Crawford County Sales Tax Rose 1.8 Percent For September

Crawford County’s general revenue sales tax up 1.8% for September, the fourth straight month of a year-over-year gain.

The county collected $254,836.49 for the month. Last September, the county received $250,281.55 in receipts.

It’s also up from 2020 ($233,981.06) and 2019 ($212,939.09).

Sales tax was up 3% for June, 6.9% for July, 6.2% and 6.2% for August.

February and May are the only months where the county has not seen year-over-year growth.

Through 2022, the county has brought in $2.273,071.63. For all of 2021, the county received $2,561,445.70.

At this point, last year, the county had collected a little more than $2.1 million.

With two months left to round out the 2022 collection, Crawford County stands to see sales tax revenue grow for the ninth straight year.

State

State Budget Director Dan Haug said that net general revenue collections for September 2022 grew 14.7 percent compared to those for September 2021, from $1.10 billion last year to $1.26 billion this year.

Net general revenue collections for 2023 fiscal year-to-date increased 17.2 percent compared to September 2021, from $2.76 billion last year to $3.24 billion this year.

GROSS COLLECTIONS BY TAX TYPE

Individual income tax collections

• Increased 14.8 percent for the year, from $1.90 billion last year to $2.18 billion this year.
• Increased 8.5 percent for the month.

Sales and use tax collections

• Increased 4.2 percent for the year, from $736.9 million last year to $768.0 million this year.
• Increased 0.8 percent for the month.

Corporate income and corporate franchise tax collections

• Increased 42.7 percent for the year, from $182.0 million last year to $259.7 million this year.
• Increased 47.9 percent for the month.

All other collections

• Increased 49.4 percent for the year, from $128.5 million last year to $192.0 million this year.
• Increased 16.3 percent for the month.

Refunds

• Decreased 11.9 percent for the year, from $188.7 million last year to $166.3 million this year.
• Decreased 35.8 percent for the month.