SALES TAX RECEIPTS SURPASS
$3 MILLION FOR JUNE
**Mark achieved for only second time
in City’s history;
**January to June total far exceeds
previous mark
RAPID CITY, SD—For only the second time in the City’s history, Rapid City surpassed the $3 million mark in sales tax revenue for a month. In June, the City collected more than $3.37 million in sales taxes. It is the 13th consecutive month sales tax receipts have eclipsed the mark of the same month from the previous year.
The only other month the City received more than $3 million in sales tax receipts was last December, ($3.04 million). June’s total is an increase of more than $600,000 from the previous June record, set last year ($2.77 million).
“The numbers have remained consistently solid with an upward swing for more than a year,” said City Finance Officer Pauline Sumption. “We expected a remarkable increase when compared to the early months of the COVID-19 restrictions, but to have this level of consistent record growth is outstanding.
“The big surprise is the overall increase for the first six months of this year compared to a similar period from the previous four years. The level of increase in receipts is remarkable.”
Sales tax receipts for January to June total $16,778,070. For the same six-month period from 2017 to 2020, the total increased marginally from $13,132,085 in 2017 (January to June) to $13,642,578 in 2020. The total of receipts for the first six months of this year is nearly 23 percent higher than last year’s previous record total for the same six-month period.
JANUARY TO JUNE
SALES TAX RECEIPTS
(2017-2021)
2021: $16,778,070
2020: $13,642,578
2019: $13,567,104
2018: $13,285,969
2017: $13,132,085
JUNE SALES TAX RECEIPTS
(2017-2021)
2021: $3,372,250
2020: $2,775,200
2019: $2,606,432
2018: $2,680,408
2017: $2,622,814