The sales tax numbers for Guthrie continue to trend upward in the latest report released by the Oklahoma Tax Commission as Guthrie was up 16 percent over its 2020 numbers for the same reporting period.
Guthrie received $581,246 this month compared to $501,100 in 2020, which was just before the pandemic started shutting everything down. The $581,246 is also slightly up over last month’s numbers of $571,095.
The city continues to outgrow its sales tax plan which is good news as it is currently 7 percent over plan for the year at $3.537 million against a plan of $3.291 million. The budget plan for the year is $6.914 million and the city is only five months into the budget year.
The Capital Improvement tax balance is at $707,311 through the first five months of the fiscal year. The sales use tax, which the city collects on internet sales and deliveries, was at $72,376. That was $26,371 better than last year’s numbers, but significantly off from last month when the city received $108,436. The use tax is $111,527 ahead of last year and $58,843 ahead of the budget plan, which is 13 percent ahead of last year. The use tax has netted Guthrie $505,418 so far this year.
The sales tax for the county was at $236,718 compared to $202,342 in 2020, but was down slightly from the $246,819 collected last month. The good news is the use tax collections were up 64 percent at 49,245 compared to $30,033 last year. Like the city of Guthrie, the use tax was well under the $91,872 received last month.
Cashion was down with only $14,305 in sales tax received compared to $17,117 last year, but was up over last month’s numbers of $11,165. Cashion’s use tax revenues were up significantly at $7,173 compared to only $2,221 received in 2020.
Crescent saw a slight increase this month, receiving $32,687 compared to $30,419 last year and the use tax was up slightly at $6,067 compared to $5,529. The sales tax numbers decreased a little from last month, when Crescent received $34,185.
Coyle and Langston both saw some growth on this report. Coyle was up significantly at $3,226 compared to $1,682 in 2020, and ahead of last month’s numbers of $2,763. Langston bounced back this month with a 33 percent increase with $11,712 compared to $7,608 in 2020, and was also 100 percent up over last month when the town only received $5,733.
Up north, Marshall, Mulhall, and Orlando saw some growth in their tax revenues. Marshall was up $600 over last year at $3,571, which was also over last month’s numbers of $2,995. Mulhall was up $600 over last year, and Orlando was up $7,200 over their 2020 numbers.
The Oklahoma Tax Commission distributed $155.2 million this month to all the cities and towns. That is an increase of $13.1 million over March 2020. The use tax disbursement to cities and towns was $24.9 million. In county returns, the counties shared in a $25.5 million for the sales tax and another $4.1 for the use tax.