After an up month in May, the June sales tax numbers for Baxter County show a slight decrease from the same month last year. The numbers, reflecting sales tax collected in April, are down from June 2017, according to Baxter County Treasurer Jenay Mize.
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Mize adds the county also received extra revenue for construction on the detention center.
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The county sales tax is divided among the county and the eight municipalities. Mountain Home leads the way with $162,264, but that is a decrease of 0.85 percent from the same time last year. The city’s sales taxes totaled $147,199 for an 11.8 percent decrease from the previous year.
Elsewhere, Gassville collected $27,087 from the county, Cotter received $12,644, Lakeview got $9,659, Norfork collected $6,661, Salesville received $8,865, Briarcliff netted $3,076 and Big Flat received $1,355.
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