September sales tax numbers reflecting July retail sales are in and after looking at the numbers, the sales tax totals $736,335, which is down from last year by $47,536.
This is also down compared to the budget by $78,832.
Bernie Hayen, Manhattan director of Finance, said that “most of the larger community retailers, including auto dealers, reported sales tax remittances that were down from 3% to 10% compared to a year ago.”
