Craighead County sees sales tax collection rise.Craighead County reported a 6.7 percent increase on its 1 percent sale tax receipts in February over the same month in 2008. The county collected $1.6 million, which reflects the amount collected at Craighead County's cash registers in December, said Craighead County Treasurer Russell Patton III. The county set a one-month record for sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. collections when it received $1.66 million in November, which was for sales made in September. Patton said that he thought the sales tax collections received in February were high because people from surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. counties came to Jonesboro to do Christmas shopping. The $100 million, 760,000-SF Mall at Turtle Creek Turtle Creek may refer to: Streams
Arkansas (ärkăn`zəs, är`kənsô'), river, c.1,450 mi (2,330 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., central Colo. . Patton said December sales tax collections were flat in neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. counties. Patton said he hopes the trend of rising sales tax collection continues. Since January 2008, Craighead County has seen sales tax collections increase every month except one. "We'll keep our fingers crossed for next month," Patton said. |
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