Last Updated on March 27, 2024, 11:16 AM | Published: March 27, 2024
The City of Oklahoma City sends this information as posted below:
Oklahoma City’s March sales and use tax report shows combined General Fund collections were below this month last year and below the combined monthly projection.
The General Fund pays for the City’s day-to-day operations. Sales tax is the General Fund’s largest single source of revenue, and use tax is the second largest.
The March report includes tax collections for the last half of January and estimated collections in the first half of February. March is the ninth month of fiscal year 2024.
Read the General Fund’s full March sales and use tax report here.
Sales tax summary
General Fund sales tax collections for March were about $23.8 million. That’s around $1.1 million (4.4%) below the projection and $1.0 million (4.2%) below the same month last year.
General Fund sales tax revenue is about 0.3% (about $790 thousand) below the fiscal year-to-date projection and 1.6% (about $4.0 million) above this point last year.
Use tax summary
General Fund use tax collections, which typically fluctuate more than sales tax collections, were about $7.1 million for March. That’s around $588 thousand (7.6%) below the projection and $680 thousand (10.6%) above the same month last year.
General Fund use tax revenue is about 1.8% (about $1.3 million) below the fiscal year-to-date projection and 5.4% (about $3.8 million) above this point last year.
About sales and use tax
Sales tax comes from retail sales in Oklahoma City. Use tax is charged at the same rate and comes from goods purchased elsewhere and shipped or brought to Oklahoma City, like online sales or equipment not available from Oklahoma suppliers.
The overall sales tax rate in most of Oklahoma City is 8.625%, and 4.125 cents of each dollar in taxable sales goes to the City. Of that, 2 ¼ cents is allocated to the City’s General Fund, one cent goes to MAPS 4, three-fourths of a cent is dedicated to Police and Fire, and one-eighth of a cent goes to the Zoo. The rest of the sales tax belongs to the state.
The City collected around $53.2 million in total sales and use tax revenue during the March reporting period, including collections for the General Fund, Police, Fire, the Zoo and MAPS 4.
Learn more about municipal taxes in Oklahoma City at okc.gov/tax.
Note: Oklahoma City businesses located in Cleveland, Canadian and Pottawatomie counties collect a slightly higher sales tax rate due to county sales tax.
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