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Today's Poll!City sales taxes exceed projections
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Sales tax figures in Jefferson City have come in higher than projected in the first month of the new fiscal year.
At the Finance Committee meeting Tuesday, the city reported November sales tax receipts for the 1 percent general sales tax came in $103,404 above projections. The half-cent capital improvement sales tax came in $29,202 higher and the half-cent parks sales tax came in $50,214 above projections.
The city’s lodging tax collections were reported at $1.448 million from May 2011 to October 2012. Of the total funds collected, three of the seven cents goes to the Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the rest goes to the city’s conference center fund. That fund was reported at $810,986, with an average monthly collection of $47,705.
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RobHunterJohnson 5 months, 3 weeks ago
That did not even hurt! Rob
JCLifer 5 months, 3 weeks ago
No. What hurts is what is done with the precious tax dollars. Instead of repaving our rough crumbling streets, they will probably hire more consultants to study mud tunnels, wears creek river walks, convention centers, greenway trails to nowhere, and buy more brand new trucks for city employees to ride around uptown town in. I would gladly pay more city taxes if they didn't waste them.
RobHunterJohnson 5 months, 3 weeks ago
It is a way to generate funds that does not hurt, maybe the council should look at this method more closely about every item they purchase. Then when all those out of towners comes on in we can collect, and reduce our tax rate. I.E. The 2 potheads are spending money all over Jefferson City, Wood choppers along any major highway in the area, Independent Contractors working all over JC, or the Hay Salesman! Most of these folks do not wish to participate in our town, but they sure do use our infrastructure and services if they need too! Rob
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