City sales tax down by 40%

By Kathy Thomson

The city of Albany will receive a sales tax allotment of $41,174 from the state this March. The amount is down 40.94 percent from the $69,720 payment received in March of 2019.

Payments to date for the 2020 year to the city of Albany are $127,219, down by 26.31 percent from the comparable time last year, when payments of $172,649 had been made.

The city of Moran will receive a net payment of $1,794 this period, for a 43.88 percent increase from the $1,247 received in March 2019.

Payments to date for the 2020 year to the city of Moran are $5,582, up by 25.16 percent from the comparable time in 2019, when payments of $4,459 had been made.

These allocations are based on sales made in January by businesses that report tax monthly.