What is DeKalb County Doing to Ensure Record Sales Tax Collections?

October 1, 2009

If the numbers are accurate, DeKalb County had record sales tax collections in July, up over 40% from the same month last year.

County Mayor Mike Foster said Monday that the latest report from the state shows that DeKalb County is due to receive $384-thousand 842 in local option sales tax collections. Foster says that’s the largest in the history of the county.

But Henry Bowman, Senior analyst for the Upper Cumberland Development District doubts that DeKalb County had a 40% growth when the Upper Cumberland Region and the state continue to suffer from the economy. “DeKalb County showed a 40.2% increase this July compared to July, 2008 whereas the region, as a whole, was down 2.4% and the State of Tennessee was down 8.2%. I suspect there’s some sort of one time anomaly that got worked into that. I don’t have anyway of knowing what it is or what caused it, if it’s a one time thing, or some sort of recurring thing. But we’ll know when the next report comes out.

-WJLE News

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