Almost $6,000 increase in sales tax revenue in Independence for August 2019 compared to August 2018. This revenue comes from the one percent sales tax that was levied for city purposes. August receipts totaled $80,142, which is an increase of $5,801 from August 2018. Sales tax receipts are up 3.8 percent for the first eight months of 2019, totaling $1,353,424, which is up $49,004 compared to the first eight months total in 2018.

After eight months the city has collected 70.1% of the budgeted amount.