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Midyear review: county projects modest surpluses on several revenue streams
Summary
Washington County's midyear financial review projects modest surpluses for several revenue drivers — personal property, business personal property, public service taxes and sales tax — but staff warned collections are lagging and projections could change with economic conditions.
County finance staff presented a midyear revenue projection Feb. 25 that showed modest surpluses across several major revenue drivers but cautioned the second half of the fiscal year remains uncertain. "One of the major revenue drivers is personal property tax. We have budgeted 8,400,000. We have collected through December 7,900,000. We're projecting end of the fiscal year collections of around 8,600,000," the presenter said.
She also said business personal property is currently ahead of budget ($5.35M budgeted; $5.7M collected through December) and sales tax collections are projected to finish above the $9.95M budget at about $10.3M. Staff emphasized conservative budgeting and said collections lag by roughly two months, meaning potential downturns may not appear immediately. The Board thanked staff and moved on to other agenda business.
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