sales tax

Quincy sales tax revenues top $2 million in May

August 17, 2021 | By J. Robert Gough, Publisher

The Quincy City Council heard the monthly tax sales report and local cash registers were ringing in May. Sales tax revenues for May were $1,094,253 and Home Rule Sales Tax revenues were $969,379 for a total that just tops the $2 million mark. That’s a higher total than the pre-pandemic numbers from May 2019, when…

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Hannibal voters head to the polls on Tuesday to vote on sales tax increase

August 2, 2021 | By By JIM DEWEY

HANNIBAL – Polls open at 6 a.m. Tuesday in Hannibal where the only issue on the ballot is a one half cent sales tax hike. If approved, revenue from Proposition 1 will be used for infrastructure and remedial improvements. In proposing the tax hike in March, Hannibal City Councilman Alan Bowen (4th Ward) noted a…

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