The January distribution of sales tax collections by the Oklahoma Tax Commission primarily represents local tax receipts from November business. Companies that remit more than $2,500 monthly in sales tax receipts are required to file and pay electronically. The monies they reported this period represent sales from November 16^th to November 30^th and estimated sales from December 1^st to December 15^th .

The disbursement of $164,563,429 in sales tax collections returned to the cities and towns reflected an increase of $10,914,363 from the $153,649,066 distributed to the cities and towns in January last year. The use tax disbursement to cities and towns was $23,910,502.

In county returns, the counties shared in a $28,803,038 sales tax disbursement and a $4,667,029 use tax disbursement.

Of local interest, Allen, Atwood and Calvin posted gain over monies received last year; Francis and Gerty were both down in revenues. The two county seats were also split. Ada showed a gain while Holdenville receipts were down.

Sales tax fi gures for Allen in 2019 were $15,870.36 over $15,278.86 last year; Atwood increased by $1,523.60 with 2019 receipts listed at $2,651.50 compared to $1,127.90 in 2018; and Calvin showed $7,170.41 this year over last year’s $5,085.07. Gains in Ada were $1,430,251.47 in 2019 compared to $1,340,491.63 in 2018.

Francis lost $452.11 over last year by receiving only $1,047.00 this year compared to $1,499.11 last year. Gerty also posted a loss, received $214.85 compared to $310.42 last year. Holdenville’s loss was $12,529.66, receiving $237.250.07 compared to $249,779.73 in 2018.

County sales tax receipts were up both Hughes and Pontotoc Counties. The Hughes County rate of 0.01% on items purchased brought in $337,745.87 compared to $213,023.15 last year. In Pontotoc County there was a substantial rate increase between 2018 and 2019. In 2018, with a collection rate of 0.00125, Pontotoc County brought in $45,596.96; in 2019 the rate increased to 0.00875 for an income of $404,309.89.

Use Tax is predominately collected from on-line purchases and is optional for each town. Of the area towns, only Ada, Allen, Calvin and Holdenville collect Use Tax.

In Ada revenue dropped to $126,855.04 this year compared to $184,380.24 last year. The other three towns all posted gains with Allen receiving $3,604.30 compared to $2,007.75; Calvin earned $1,511.19 over $917.51 last year; and Holdenville posted $28,491.68 over last year’s $17,073.71.

County receipts of Use Tax were up signifi cantly in both counties. Hughes County showed $134,651.26 this year over $31,894.46 last year, and Pontotoc County earned $44,961.38 compared to $15,929.81 in 2018.