Sales tax down 5.38 percent, breakdown shows educational services rise

  • Above, a pie chart showing the breakdown of sales tax receipts for each tax sector within the City of Weatherford for receipts collected in March. The numbers show the retail trade sector brings in the vast majority of the city’s sales tax.
Weatherford’s sales and use tax receipts both are down for May 2020, which reflects receipts collected by local businesses in March 2020. This month, sales tax receipts are down 5.38 percent, or $49,459.08. Use tax also is down by $5,876.48 for the month of May — a decrease of 6.35 percent. The Weatherford Daily News will be monitoring tax sectors within the City of Weatherford to identify any…

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