A recent report by the Association of Counties suggests the shortfall in Ulster
County sales tax receipts might not be entirely Cahill's fault.
Not exact matches
Recent reports from the state on
county sales - tax receipts show Ulster County just about even (at $ 103 million) in 2013 - 2014 collec
county sales -
tax receipts show Ulster
County just about even (at $ 103 million) in 2013 - 2014 collec
County just about even (at $ 103 million) in 2013 - 2014 collections.
The
county also traded its
sales tax receipts for about $ 9 million (at full implementation next year) in Safety Net welfare expenses.
The association reported that 27
counties (including Ulster) reported diminished
sales tax receipts for the last quarter of 2013, though none as precipitous as Ulster's.
The report from that weak
sales tax receipts are a «credit negative» for upstate
counties due to their dependence on the revenue for their operating budgets.
Sales tax receipts in Essex
County are up as fiscal year draws to a close, in part by the
tax on vacation rental units, which took effect last year.
Auerbach also expressed concern about the renewal of a «timeliness clause» in the proposed agreement which requires the
county to turn over respective shares of
sales -
tax receipts to the city and towns within a week to ten days of
receipt from the state.
On the upside, he predicts the
county's willingness to absorb Kingston's mass - transit system could be a benefit to the city «if
sales -
tax receipts decline.»
In 2014 - 15,
sales -
tax revenues accounted for 33 percent of all revenues taken in by Ulster
County while the 2017 budget anticipates that 34 percent of all revenues will be derived from
sales tax receipts.
At stake is the division of some $ 109 million in annual
receipts from Ulster
County's 4 percent
sales tax.
The spigot that was pouring money into town —
county mortgage and
sales tax receipts — dried up, but the town kept spending money on things like legal fees.
The statement reads: «Following 2017, the
county will begin receiving
sales tax growth from the City of Kingston's portion of
sales tax receipts to help offset critical
county expenses.
Auerbach also expressed concern about the renewal of a «timeliness clause» in the proposed agreement which requires the
county to turn over respective shares of
sales tax receipts to the city and towns within a week to 10 days of
receipt from the state.
Try a whopping 58.9 percent of the
county's operating budget for 2016 is based on
sales tax receipts.
Mr. Bellone, in his narrative in the budget document, blames the
county government's financial problems on lower
sales tax receipts because of lower gasoline prices.
Rockland
County will subtract the cost of the animal care from the Village of Spring Valley's
sales tax receipts.
«no city, town,
county, township or other subdivision or municipal corporation of the state may levy or collect any excise
tax upon or measured by the
sale,
receipt, distribution, or use of fuel.»