Tax Collections Up Again Across The County

Sales tax collections in May were up in Manchester and Tullahoma and down slightly in the county. In Tullahoma, May collections in 2011 were $742,056, last month Tullahoma collected $822,189, increasing $80,132. The county tax collection went down by $1,197 compared to May 2011. The City of Manchester saw another month with sales tax collections going up, this time $27,827 over May of 2011 with just over $631,000 collected. Overall county collections were $1.6(M) for May 2012.