Restaurant and hotel sales tax collections neared $6 million in 2022. The final number, more than $5.7 million, surpassed 2021 numbers by more than half a million.
Last year’s collections continued a recovery from a pandemic-low of just over $4 million in 2020. Restaurant collections totaled nearly $5.3 million and hotel collections surpassed $455,000. Here’s a year-over-year breakdown since 2020:
Collections totaled more than $400,000 in each month of 2022 for the first time ever. Over the year, restaurant collections averaged $441,000 and hotel collections totaled $37,900. Here’s a month-by-month breakdown of 2022.
| Month | Restaurant | Hotel | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | $422,473 | $28,274 | $450,747 |
| February | $385,839 | $21,835 | $407,675 |
| March | $385,916 | $34,039 | $419,956 |
| April | $474,882 | $38,411 | $513,294 |
| May | $453,794 | $37,609 | $491,404 |
| June | $443,317 | $49,426 | $492,744 |
| July | $467,374 | $51,454 | $518,829 |
| August | $489,188 | $42,732 | $531,921 |
| September | $440,437 | $37,753 | $478,191 |
| October | $458,796 | $37,998 | $496,794 |
| November | $450,709 | $46,958 | $497,667 |
| December | $426,899 | $29,265 | $456,164 |