Sales tax revenues continue to dip for Mahoning County

YOUNGSTOWN — The financial outlook for Mahoning County continues to be gloomy, according to Administrator George J. Tablack.

“There really isn’t any good news as far as revenues,” Tablack told the county commissioners Thursday.

Sales tax receipts so far this year are running 4.44 percent below the $28.1 million estimated from that revenue source for the entire year, he said. If that trend continues all year, the county will suffer a $1,256,000 shortfall in sales tax income this year, he added.

Together, the county’s two half-percent sales taxes constitute 47 percent of general fund revenue. The sales tax is, by far, the largest revenue source for the general fund, which is the county’s main operating fund.

Sales tax receipts were down 1.9 percent in April and 7.27 percent in May, compared to the same months last year, Tablack said.

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