CARMEL- Putnam shoppers were generous during the Christmas-Chanukah holidays as sales tax dollars totaled $9.465 million in December—the most ever collected in any one month in the county.
Commissioner of Finance William Carlin released his annual sales tax report last week indicating $86,061,851 was collected in sales tax dollars for the year gone by or $799,000 more than in 2024 when $85.2 million was tabulated.
The December infusion of sales tax was $2.5 million more than in December 2024.
The year 2025 had its ups and downs when it came to sales tax.
In January, April, May, August and September sales tax revenue was in the black as compared to 2024 while sales tax dollars tanked in February, March, June, July, October and November.
While county coffers had collected in excess of $86 million in sales tax last year, it had budgeted $79.3 million for the 12 month period.
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