Sales tax collections were higher across Oklahoma for December and Cashion, Loyal and Okarche joined the municipalities with increases.

Although other area towns received smaller checks than last December, three of them – Kingfi sher, Hennessey and Crescent – had larger checks than in November.

Kingfisher’s December sales tax return was $364,203.85, up from $354,059.55 last month.

Hennessey’s December check of $126,821.40 was up from November’s $101,740.99.

Crescent’s December check of $40,568.29 was up from November’s $30,687.06.

The December distribution of sales tax collections by the Oklahoma Tax Commission primarily represents local tax receipts from October business. Companies that remit more than $2,500 monthly in sales tax receipts are required to file and pay electronically. The monies they reported this period represent sales from Oct. 16 to Oct. 31 and estimated sales from Nov. 1 to Nov. 15.

The state tax commission’s disbursement of $159,479,589 in sales tax collections returned to the cities and towns reflected an increase of $6,094,817 from the $153,384,772 distributed to the cities and towns in December last year.

The use tax disbursement to cities and towns was $21,865,064.

In county returns, the counties shared in a $26,670,267 sales tax disbursement and a $4,200,908 use tax disbursement.

Use tax checks, which are derived from tax on purchases made outside an entity for delivery within that entity (at the same rate as its sales tax) were up and down for area towns.

Use tax check comparisons for December 2019 and December 2018 follow with amounts listed in that order:

Cashion – $5,942.44 and $4,619.18.

Dover–$3,896.77and$3,191.47.

Hennessey – $12,514.97 and $12,544.67.

Kingfisher – $100,351.38 and $78,846.23.

Okarche – $14,337.19 and $24,031.10.

KingfisherCounty–$200,730.16 and $194,392.81.

See the sales tax chart on Page 13.