RINGGOLD, Ga. — Halfway through the fiscal year, Catoosa County tax revenues are running behind last year but still ahead of the county’s reduced budget.
County financial officer Carl Henson told Catoosa commissioners Tuesday that the local option sales tax numbers are not great, but they are improving.
The county brought in $507,637 in the March local option sales tax, which is based on February sales. The figure is $83,000 more than last March and $44,000 more than was budgeted for this year.
Although March figures are an improvement, revenues for the first six months of the fiscal year are $118,000 behind last year’s figures. But the county still is $102,000 ahead on its budget, which Mr. Henson says is a good sign.
“We’re still climbing out,” he said. “We’re still $118,000 in the hole, but we were $200,000 last month.”