City Of Des Moines: Despite Coronavirus, Local Option Sales Tax Delivers Nearly $34.5 Million To City

Press release from the City of Des Moines:

October 18, 2021

DES MOINES, IOWA - The City of Des Moines’ Local Option Sales & Service Tax weathered the ill effects of the COVID pandemic and finished the fiscal year with nearly $34.5 million in new tax revenue. City Finance Director Nick Schaul said the $34,481,809 in tax revenue for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2021 was only a 9.5% decline from the previous year of $38,103,466.

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