Sales tax revenue numbers that reflect April sales are in from the Mississippi Department of Revenue for local municipalities.
MDR collects 81.5 percent of the 7 percent sales tax from municipalities and distributes the remaining 18.5 percent back to the municipalities over a three-month cycle.
These figures reflect municipal sales taxes collected on April sales with last year’s figures in parentheses, followed by fiscal year-to-date collections (since July 1) and last year’s YTD figures in parentheses:
Eupora: $34,299 ($34,790): $387,522 ($396,498)
Maben: $8,802 ($7,923); $89,916 ($86,428)
Mantee: $2,571 ($2,641); $23,676 ($28,019)
Mathiston: $17,604 ($17,999); $8,735 ($9,703)
Walthall: $2,385 ($951) $14,375 ($13,494)
