September Town tax collections

The Town of La Conner’s streak of seven months of record setting sales tax receipts is broken, but barely. The $60,900 reported to the Town in September is $72 below last year’s. That is the second smallest drop among the Town’s September tax funds.

While the month’s hotel/motel tax revenues of $26,546 was the second highest ever, it is $185 below last September’s record collection.

Likewise, the $6,041 firetruck sales tax receipts are $15 below the month in 2021.

Still, all three funds now exceed 100% of the year’s projected revenue with three months left in 2022.

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