September Sales Tax Disbursements Up for Okemah, Down for Okfuskee County
September Sales Tax Disbursements Up for Okemah, Down for Okfuskee County
September Use Tax Disbursements Up for Okemah and Okfuskee County
By Alanna Bradley
ONL Reporter
The report for sales and use tax disbursements for September 2023 was released by the Oklahoma Tax Commission recently. The disbursements reflect local tax revenue receipts from July 2023 business. Sales tax disbursements for Okemah went up by 10.55 percent from a year ago. It went down for Okfuskee County by 11.47 percent. The September use tax disbursement went up for Okemah by about 18 percent. It went up for Okfuskee County by about 46 percent.
Sales tax is charged at the point of sale. Use tax is paid by the consumer on goods purchased where a sales tax was not charged. For instance, out-of-state purchases.
Okemah and Clearview saw an increase in sales tax disbursements for the month of September, while Boley, Castle, Paden, and Weleetka saw decreases. Okemah (+13,664) and Clearview (+$964.51). Boley (-$451.79), Castle (-$165.59), Paden (-$681.13), and Weleetka (-$827.73). Okfuskee County (-$19,956.92).
Okemah, Boley, and Clearview saw increases in reported September use tax disbursements, while Weleetka saw a decrease. Okemah (+$2,220.96), Boley (+$217.29), and Clearview (+$13.28). Weleetka (-$317.15). No figures were reported for Castle and Paden. Okfuskee County increased (+$11,950.03).
By the Numbers:
Sales Tax Disbursements
Okfuskee County (down)
September 2023: $154,063.36 (Rate .02)
September 2022: $174,020.28 (.02)
Cities
Okemah (up)
September 2023: $143,223.88 (.035)
September 2022: $129,559.88 (.035)
Boley (down)
September 2023: $8,823.69 (.05)
September 2022: $9,275.48 (.05)
Castle (down)
September 2023: $1,166.30 (.03)
September 2022: $1,331.89 (.03)
Clearview (up)
September 2023: $1,228.70 (.04)
September 2022: $264.19 (.04)
Paden (down)
September 2023: $17,010.47 (.03)
September 2022: $17,691.60 (.03)
Weleetka (down)
September 2023: $19,123.89 (.04)
September 2022: $19,951.62 (.04)
Towns around Okfuskee County:
Bristow (down)
September 2023: $352,427.09 (.05)
September 2022: $372,900.58 (.05)
Henryetta (down)
September 2023: $291,596.08 (.04)
September 2022: $300,173.72 (.04)
Okmulgee (Okfuskee County) (down)
September 2023: $8,634.30 (.04)
September 2022: $12,421.21 (.04)
Okmulgee (Okmulgee County) (down)
September 2023: $666,462.33 (.04)
September 2022: $677,750.71 (.04)
Prague (up)
September 2023: $139,703.47 (.04)
September 2022: $115,917.32 (.04)
Use Tax Disbursements
Okfuskee County (up)
September 2023: $37,794.26 (.02)
September 2022: $25,844.23 (.02)
Cities
Okemah (up)
September 2023: $14,297.68 (.035)
September 2022: $12,076.72 (.035)
Boley (up)
September 2023: $3,153.27 (.05)
September 2022: $2,935.98 (.05)
Clearview (up)
September 2023: $64.96 (.04)
September 2022: $51.68 (.04)
Weleetka (down)
September 2023: $3,435.36 (.04)
September 2022: $3,752.51 (.04)
Towns around Okfuskee County
Bristow (up)
September 2023: $32,612.67 (.05)
September 2022: $29,324.01 (.05)
Henryetta (up)
September 2023: $36,255.17 (.04)
September 2022: $29,276.41 (.04)
Okmulgee (Okfuskee County) (up)
September 2023: $9,341.47 (.04)
September 2022: $5,793.05 (.04)
Okmulgee (Okmulgee County) (down)
September 2023: $38,150.42 (.04)
September 2022: $50,038.16 (.04)
Prague (up)
September 2023: $23,858.62 (.04)
September 2022: $15,612.62 (.04)
Wetumka (up)
September 2023: $13,822.11 (.05)
September 2022: $12,660.90 (.05)
According to the Oklahoma Tax Commission website, the September 8, 2023 distribution of sales tax collections by the Oklahoma Tax Commission primarily represents local tax receipts from July business. Companies that remit more than $2,500 monthly in sales tax receipts are required to file and pay electronically. The monies they reported this period represent sales from July 16th to 31st and estimated sales from August 1st to the 15th.
The disbursement of $200,587,224 in sales tax collections returned to the cities and towns reflected an increase of $1,205,740 from the $199,381,484 distributed to them in September last year. The use tax disbursement to cities and towns was $34,497,089.
In county returns, the counties shared in $33,983,319 sales tax disbursement and a $6,503,886 use tax disbursement.