Sales tax receipts remain up in Northwest Arkansas

Sales tax receipts remained up in all four of the major cities across Northwest Arkansas this month.

Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers and Bentonville each showed increases for June collections.

Fayetteville was at the top of the list for total revenues, collecting $1.8 million in general fund tax dollars. Rogers collected $1.5 million, while Springdale collected $1.2 million, and Bentonville collected about $973,000.

Each city collects a 2 percent sales tax. One percent goes into a general fund. The other 1 percent goes toward repayment of bonds. The numbers reported by the Fayetteville Flyer represent the 1 percent going into general funds.

June sales tax revenue is collected in July and delivered in August.

Here are the specifics:

Fayetteville received $1,816,984 for a 4.51 percent increase from last year, a difference of $78,395.

Rogers collected $1,535,683, a $57,649 increase over last year when the city received $1,478,034.

Springdale received $1,277,939 for a 17.2 percent increase from last year, a difference of $187,506.

Bentonville collected $973,697, a $232,355 increase from last year when the city received $741,342.


2017 Totals

2016 Totals

2015 Totals

Source: City of Fayetteville