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Licensed Collector outlines tax revenue breakdown, warns tornado will affect FY26 projections
Summary
Mavis Thompson, St. Louis City Licensed Collector, presented the office’s FY figures May 27, saying municipal, manufacturing and hotel taxes historically total about $61 million to $71 million and noting that short‑term rental fee distributions are paused due to litigation and that tornado damage makes some revenue projections uncertain.
Mavis Thompson, St. Louis City Licensed Collector, told the Budget and Public Employees Committee on May 27 that the office collects most of the city’s municipal, manufacturing and hotel taxes and that recent tornado damage makes FY26 revenue projections uncertain.
Thompson said the Licensed Collector’s office is a county office under Missouri statutes but is a citywide elected position in St. Louis. She said the office collects a mix of municipal, manufacturing and hotel‑motel taxes and that the total annual collections have ranged “anywhere from around $61,000,000 to $71,000,000,”…
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