Cordell Sales Tax Collection Down From Last Month, Year

Data from the Oklahoma Tax Commission shows the sales tax collected in Cordell has dropped off slightly for August 2019.

The City of New Cordell collected $59,606.27 in sales tax for the month of August 2019, down almost $9,000 from the July total of $68,571.99 and almost $4,000 from August 2018’s total of $63,490.49.

Bessie and Sentinel each collected higher tax revenues in August 2019. Bessie pulled in $1,162.87, up slightly from July’s total of $1,011.75, but down significantly from the $1,805.87 the town collected in August 2018.

Sentinel collected a total of $20,849.92 for the month, up from $17,895.92 the previous month and also up from August 2018’s total of $18,580.12.

Rocky’s August 2019 sales tax number was also significantly lower than the previous month, down to $1,364.70 from July’s collections of $3,067.86. Last year the town brought in $1,834.42 in August sales tax revenues.