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Monday, August 20, 2012
By KEN BRADLEY - Staff Writer
The Town of Rocky Mount has collected $685,032 in meals tax collections during the first seven months of this year, according to the finance department's July report.
That's up from the $632,044 in meals tax collections during the same period of 2011.
The largest monthly amount of meals tax collected was in January with $106,760. The lowest amount of meals tax collected was in February with $89,118.
June meals tax collections totaled $98,811, down from the May collections of $98,822.
Meals tax collections in March totaled $90,554.
April collections totaled $102,709.
The town's meals tax continues to be the largest revenue producer for the town.
The finance department also reported that sales tax collections for the first seven months of this year totaled $96,489.
That's up from the $77,493 in sales tax collections for the same period of 2011.
The largest monthly amount of sales tax collections in the first seven months of this year was $15,736 in February. The lowest amount of sales tax collected was $11,573 in March.
July sales tax collections totaled $15,307, up from June collections of $15,223.
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