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Aurora sales tax up about 6% in March as variable business receipts drive gains
Summary
City finance staff reported $22.4 million in March sales-tax collections, a roughly $1.3 million (6%) increase from March 2024, driven primarily by unusually large, variable business-to-business receipts; staff cautioned the trend may not continue.
Aurora City collected $22.4 million in sales tax in March, about $1.3 million (6%) more than March 2024, driven largely by one-time, variable business-to-business receipts, city finance staff reported at the Finance Committee meeting.
"In total I tracked $2,950,000 of variable sales tax collections in March," Bill Levine, with the Aurora finance department, told the committee. He said the same companies accounted for about $800,000 in March 2024, producing a roughly $2.1 million increase year over year for the month.
The higher March receipts reduced the city's year-to-date shortfall against budget from about $2.5 million to $1.5 million, Levine said, but he cautioned that variable receipts are by definition irregular. "The bad news to make sure this is clear is that it's not clear that those trends will…
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