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Revenue Commission reports record occupational-license collections, outlines compliance work and opposes state centralization
Summary
Scott Hall of the Revenue Commission reported $75.6 million in aggregate occupational-license tax collections for fiscal 2025— a county record—outlined compliance tools to close the ‘tax gap,’ and urged continued opposition to state proposals for centralized tax collection.
Scott Hall, representing the Revenue Commission, told the Scott County Fiscal Court on Aug. 1 that the commission recorded $75.6 million in aggregate occupational-license tax collections in fiscal 2025—an all-time high—and that the office has used compliance tools and outreach to increase collections while maintaining a low administrative cost.
Hall said the $75.6 million figure is unaudited and represents the first time the revenue commission exceeded $70 million in aggregate collections; the year-over-year increase from 2024 was about $11.9 million, he said. He also reported a multi-year rise in new business accounts and said the commission averages more than 100 new business accounts per month.
Why it matters: Occupational-license tax revenue provides a…
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