HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Higher prices and a strong Christmas shopping season propelled Reno County’s sales tax above the half-million dollar mark for the first time ever.
The county’s sales tax revenue for February totaled $533,495, which is more than $33,000 higher than last year's figure. There was one time the sales tax figure jumped above the $500,000 mark, but that was when the county retired the bonds for the jail, which artificially increased the September 2019 numbers.
This month's figure is also $109,000 ahead of last month. For the first two months of the year, the county has taken in almost $957,000.
The February tax numbers reflect shopping trends for the month of December.
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