Sales Tax Revenue Up

The state Department of Revenue releases sales tax totals for the third quarter of 2019. With an overall 7% uptick in year-over-year sales tax revenue statewide between 2018 and 2019, local trends were all positive. Grant County collected 7% more revenue in the third quarter compared to 2018 which is exactly the same increase seen statewide. In Douglas County revenue increased by 13.3% while Chelan County saw a nearly 3.3% increase.