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Cljerokeeaij Herald of Rusk, Texas - Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - Page 19
Cherokee County economy cools,
sales tax rebates show 3.49% drop
Sales tax rebates in
Cherokee County showed a
mixed portfolio of returns,
which primarily represented
purchases made during the
busy Christmas season in
December.
Overall, sales taxes collected
in Cherokee County's cities
was down 2.66 percent when
compared to the year-to-date
a year ago.
Posting declines were Alto,
.56percent, Cuney, 18.97 per-
cent and New Summerfield,
23.87 percent.
On the positive side of the
ledger was Jacksonville, with
a healthy 1.86 percent gain.
Rusk, with a strong 3.98
percent and Wells with 12.52
percent.
Overall, Cherokee County
showed a 1.28 percent increase
in the sales tax collected.
Cherokee County is again
lagging behind the state in
economic recovery. The state
collected $1.32 billion in sales
taxrevenue in January, up 5.9
percent compared to January
2003.
"When I sent local govern-
ments their sales tax alloca-
tions last November, I prom-
ised that 'this year the Grinch
isn't going to steal Christmas,'
and that was exactly right,"
said State Comptroller Carole
Keeton Strayhorn.
Sales tax collections totaled
$477.8 million, which was up
seven percent over the same
period a year
Comptroller of Public Accounts
City Sales Tax Rebates Released January 2004
Cities
Rate
Net Payment
Comparable payment
% Change
2004
2003
% Change
this period
prior year
to date
to date
to date
payments
Alto
1.0%
8,303.76
$8,827.13
-5.92%
$11,883.75
$1,951.63
-0.56%
Cuney
1.5%
6,004.55
$8,792.56
-31.70%
$11,230.16
$13,860.78
-18.97%
Jacksonville
1.5%
282,839.10
$268,766.12
5.23%
$446,620.22
$438,427.16
1.86%
New Summerfield
1.0%
1,742.11
$2,593.00
-32.81%
$2,721.38
$3,574.67
-23.87%
Rusk
1.5%
47,396.03
$44,611.93
6.24%
$68,847.60
$66,207.00
3.98%
Wells
1.0%
2,387.78
$2,050.72
16.43%
$3,441.38
$3,058.41
12.52%
Total
$196,071.16
$201,438.19
-2.66%
$196,071.16
$201,438.19
-2.66%
Cherokee Co.
0.5%
126,193.01 $
121,026.93
4.26%
$199,028.21
$196,498.24
1.28%
Texas sales tax revenue is up from last year
AUSTIN — Texas Comptrol-
ler Carole Keeton Strayhorn
today reported that the state
collected $1.32 billion in sales
taxrevenue in January, up 5.9
percent compared to January
2003.
Also, Strayhorn sent Texas
cities, counties, transit sys-
tems and special purpose
taxing districts February sales
tax allocations totaling $477.8
.Util lion, up 7 percent compared
to a year
NEWS
WW Ladies Auxiliary
collecting items
The Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW Post
3406 is collecting items for Care Packages
for our troops.
There will be collection boxes at
Main Street Cleaners, Monday through
Saturday, the Chamber of Commerce
office Monday through Friday, Cherokee
'Junk'tion on Highway 84 west Thursday
through Saturday. Items needed are snack
foods, instant drink mixes, books, maga-
zines, videos, instant coffee, canned nuts,
razors, soap, toothpaste, tooth brushes,
wipes, dry skin lotions, shampoo, condi-
tioner, playing cards, crosswords, seek-
a-word puzzles, CD's.
Contacts are Betty Bowden at (903)
683-6144 or Kim Nickle (903) 683-5985'
Donations needed for
Veteran % Monument
Contributions for the Cherokee County
Veterans Monument can be made atTexas
National Bank, Jacksonville and Rusk; Citi-
zens 1s' Bank, Rusk; Austin Bank, Rusk
and Jacksonville; Jacksonville Savings
and Loan and Southern Cherokee Fed-
eral Credit Union, Rusk.
Persons making a donation at banks
are asked to advise the teller that it will
be for the Veterans Monument Fund or
make checks available Larry Jones, VFW
Commanders, Rt. 2, Box644, Rusk75785
or Pat Cook, VFW Quartermaster, Rt. 1,
Box 1603, Alto, 75925.
Fibromyalgia group to meet
The Fibromyalgia Support Group will
meet on the second and fourth Thursday
of every month.
The next scheduled group meeting is
on Thursday, Feb. 26, the meeting will be
2-4 p.m. at the PRCIL office in Palestine,
located on Avenue A.
For more information contact PRCIL at
(903) 729-7505 or 1-888-326-5166.
Chelsea Edge on TCU
Dean's List
Chelsea Nicole Edge of Jacksonville
was on the Dean's List at Texas Christian
University in Fort Worth for the Fall 2003
semester.
She completed classes with a 3.4
GPAatTCU.
January state sales tax
revenue and local sales tax
allocations for February pri-
marily represent sales made
in December, but also include
Some earlier sales by busi-
nesses that report sales tax to
the Comptroller on a quarterly
or annual basis.
The Comptroller sent $326.4
million in sales tax to Texas
cities, up 8 percent compared
to February 2003 payments.
Texa s countie s receive d Febr u -
ary sales taxpayments of $26.8
million, up 7.9 percent.
Eighty-two special purpose
taxing districts around the
state received $13.2 million
in sales tax, up 5.7 percent
compared to February 2003.
Texas' six metropolitan transit
authorities and two city tran-
sit systems received $111.2
million in February sales tax
payments, up 4,3pereentcom-
pared to a year ago.
For details of January sales
tax payments to individual
cities, counties, transit systems
and special purpose districts,
locate the Monthly Sales and
Use Tax Allocation Compari-
son Summary Reports on the
Comptroller's Web site athttp:
//www. window, state, t.x.us/
taxinfo/allocsum/
compsum.html.
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