Sales tax revenues continue upward trend in La Salle County

Based on sales tax revenues, many of you opened your wallets more in La Salle County in 2014 than you did the year before.

Sales tax revenues are up in eight of the nine months where they’ve been counted in 2014. The county received over $238k in sales tax revenues in September, a seven percent jump from September of 2013. Through September, you’ve paid $83k more towards the public safety sales tax this year compared to last.

Things like medicine, groceries and cars are exempt from the public safety sales tax.