The month of May business as reflected in sales tax disbursements was down significantly in Sulphur, Davis, and Murray County, according to figures from the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
The City of Sulphur and Murray County took the biggest hits, but the City of Davis also was down appreciably in collections, figures showed.
Sulphur dropped from $386,649.68 at this time last year to $353,555.39 this year, while Murray County took an even bigger hit, dropping from $511,332.06 last year to $477,613.57 this year. The City of Davis was down in collections about $5,000, dropping from $154,515.15 last year to $149,360.01 this year.
The town of Dougherty stayed about the same with just over $741 in collections.
Use tax collections, however, were up in Sulphur and about the same in Davis. Sulphur collected $39,663.59 for the reporting period, a gain of about $7,000, while Davis was disbursed $19,846.45.
The collections represent sales from May 16 to May 31 and estimated sales from June 1 to June 15.
Statewide, the disbursement of $213,570,576 in sales tax collections returned to the cities and towns reflected an increase of $9,632,596 from the $203,937,980 distributed to them in July last year. The use tax disbursement to cities and towns was $42,058,113.
In county returns, the counties shared in a $37,911,667 sales tax disbursement and $8,517,283 use tax disbursements
