Alabama County Shows Sales Tax Revenue Growth

May 8, 2012 | Susan McLain

Covington County, Alabama reports that “Sales taxes collected in Covington County for March show signs of an improving local economy, with Andalusia, Opp, Florala and the county each reporting collections up from the same month last year.”

Andalusia reported an increase of just less than 1 percent from 2011 collection for March sales.

Opp, Alabama attributed their gain to the “Rattlesnake Rodeo” event, though their actual gains were not measurable due to a computer issue.

Covington County was up over last year, however, the year-to-date collections show a 1.15 percent drop.

Florala Mayor Robert Williamson reports, “…an influx of new businesses has helped to increase sales tax collections slightly,” and he expects that trend to continue with “…the addition of a new package store and a new title loan company opening their doors.”

Florala’s sales showed an increase of $3,000 over last year’s collections and a $10,000 increase for year-to-date totals.

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Susan McLain

Avalara Author Susan McLain

Susan McLain began her career as a technical writer in technology industries such as satellite networking and medical devices. Her skills encompass technical and marketing writing, usability engineering, verification and validation testing and protocol writing, requirements development, business analysis, technical illustration/graphic design and marketing. She has owned her own business providing service to small to medium sized business and in other positions, she has been in project management, documentation and marketing. She is currently the content specialist for Avalara helping to “make sales tax less taxing.”