by - October 24, 2012 2:41 pm
School sales boost Fort Smith tax collections
Back-to-school sales were good in Fort Smith and Sebastian County based on Wednesday’s (Oct. 24) sales tax report from the city of Fort Smith. Each of the city’s 1% sales…
Tag: sales tax collections
by - October 23, 2012 1:09 pm
Sales tax revenue collections improve
Consumers spent more in August which helped to push local sales tax collections higher, but economists on the national scene say keeping that pace could be a challenge through the…
by - September 24, 2012 5:24 pm
Fort Smith tax revenue declines in August report
Fort Smith sales tax collections and the city’s share of the 1% countywide sales tax both posted the largest year-over-year declines in the city’s August report. The report indicates a…
by - September 24, 2012 4:43 pm
Latest sales tax revenue collections were mixed
Sales tax revenue is a lagging economic indicator of consumer confidence and the most recent report from Northwest Arkansas cities shows fickle consumer attitudes prevailed throughout the summer months and…
by - August 24, 2012 2:59 pm
Fort Smith, regional tax collections ahead of 2011
Fort Smith sales tax collections declined in the city’s July report, with citywide collections up just 0.53% and the city’s portion of a countywide tax down 0.84%. Each of the…
by - August 1, 2012 5:34 pm
Amazon splits with peers in pushing for online sales taxes
Amazon.com Inc. and brick-and-mortar stores urged U.S. senators to pass legislation to let states collect sales taxes from online retailers based elsewhere, as other Internet companies said they oppose the…
by - July 25, 2012 3:57 pm
Rise in sales tax revenue helps cities stay ahead of budget
The local economy showed signs of strength well into the second quarter of 2012 as Northwest Arkansas businesses collected 6.83% more in sales tax during May which returned $4.391 million…
by - July 25, 2012 9:00 am
Fort Smith tax receipts improve in June report
Fort Smith’s June report on tax collections ends a two-month negative trend, with city collections up more than 4% and the city’s portion of a countywide sales tax up almost…
by - July 24, 2012 7:44 pm
Amazon picks state sales-tax winners as Congress sits
When Texas sent Amazon.com Inc. a $269 million sales-tax bill in 2010, the world’s biggest online retailer shrugged. As lawmakers forced the issue last year, the company closed a warehouse…
by - June 22, 2012 4:56 pm
Fort Smith tax revenue down in May report
Two months of declines in Fort Smith sales tax collections could be an early sign of consumer concern about the future of the Fort Smith regional economy. Each of the…
by - May 23, 2012 3:17 pm
Fort Smith revenue down in April, up year-to-date
After six consecutive months of year-over-year gains, tax collections for Fort Smith were down less than 1% in the April report. However, the year-to-date collections are more than 5% above…
by - April 26, 2012 3:00 pm
NWA Sales tax revenue on the rise
The local economy across Northwest Arkansas continues to mend as proven by healthy sales tax collections reported by the Arkansas Department of Finance on Wednesday. Among the region’s five largest…
by - March 28, 2012 12:51 pm
Tax revenue up in Fort Smith, Van Buren
The 2011 holiday sales in Fort Smith were up almost 10% compared to the 2010 period, according to collections of city sales taxes. In the January and February 2012 reports…
by - March 23, 2012 10:22 am
Region posts higher sales tax collections
Area retail venues were busier in January posting a healthy 16.32% increase in sales tax collections among the region’s five largest retail markets. The revenue boost from the prior year…