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Late last month, the Nebraska Department of Revenue released the sales tax figures for the month of June, and with the release of that month’s totals, local municipal leaders were able to get a better understanding of how St. Paul’s sales tax receipts faired during the first half of 2022. According to the data, the City of St. Paul took in $217,471.21 in sales tax revenue over the first six months of 2022, down $502.44 from the $217,973.65 in revenue recorded over the same period last year. Sales tax receipts for the first half of the year have remained notably strong in the past two years, dwarfing the returns seen over the same period for the three years preceding. While down marginally from 2021, 2022’s revenue is up $30,641.98 from 2020’s recorded $186,829.23, $50,249.53 from 2019’s total of $167,221.68, and up $57,391.51 from 2018’s $160,079.70. Over the first six months of 2022, June proved to be the strongest month for sales tax collections. Just under $42,734 made their way into the city’s coffers during that thirty-day period. That’s only $112 fewer than the $42,846 the municipality collected in June 2021, but up $3,450 from the $39,284 brought in during 2020. The city had collected considerably less in the Junes of 2019 and 2018: $34,708.53 and $30,014.54, respectively. For at least the past five years, June has remained the City of St. Paul’s highest month of recorded sales tax revenue for the first six months of the year.
