The December distribution of sales tax collections by the Oklahoma Tax Commission primarily represents local tax receipts from October 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 October 16^th to October 31^st and estimated sales from November 1^st to November 15^th .

The disbursement of $159,479,589 in sales tax collections returned to the cities and towns refl ected an increase of $6,094,817 from the $153,384,772 distributed to the cities and towns in December last year. The use tax disbursement to cities and towns was $21,865,064.

In county returns, the counties shared in a $26,670,267 sales tax disbursement and a $4,200,908 use tax disbursement.

Of local interest, Allen took a hit of over $4500 this year with receipts totaling only $14,026.53 compared to $18,609.08 in 2018. Atwood also took a big loss, bringing in $883.70 this year compared to $4,477.65 last year.

Calvin and Gerty also received less. The 2019 sales tax return for Calvin

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