After a couple of static months, Bentonville’s sales tax jumped 47 percent this month compared to last year, with Rogers, Springdale and Fayetteville also increasing.
Correction
A previous version of this story misstated the amount of Springdale's collections in the same month last year. The error has been corrected.
Comparisons are based on collections from the same month in the previous year. Each city, except Bella Vista, collects a 2 percent sales tax. One percent of the tax is devoted to repaying bonds; the other 1 percent goes into each city’s general fund and is available for operation. For the purpose of this report, NWA Media tracks the 1 percent going into general funds.
Sales tax revenue for June is based on April sales collected in May.
Bentonville, down slightly last month, received $970,042 in sales tax revenue this month compared to $664,780 last year, an increase of $305,621 or 45.9 percent.
Rogers, continuing its string of million-dollar months, received $1,182,471 this month compared to $1,078,767 last June, an increase of $103,703 or 9.6 percent.
Fayetteville’s sales tax has increased slightly each month compared to the previous year. This month the city received $1,449,518 compared to $1,437,508 last year, a difference of $12,009 or 0.8 percent increase.
Springdale, which has seen slowly increasing sales tax, dipped this month to $852,304, compared to $839,384 for the same period last year, a difference of $47,433 or 1.5 percent.
Lowell has registered double-digit increases during the past three months and this month showed another major increase. The city received $425,798 this month compared to $235,138 last June an increase of 81.1 percent.