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Mountain Home collected $653,267.31 in city sales tax for September, up $19,487.54, or 3.07%, from the same month last year, according to Alma L. Clark, director of finance and treasury for the city.
The September check reflects sales made in July. The gain is the city’s strongest since April, following a summer in which collections were nearly flat, with June and August up less than 1% and July down 0.42% from 2025.
For the year, city sales tax collections total $5,484,489.10, up $133,050.01, or 2.49%, from the first nine months of 2025. That puts the city at about 78% of the $7 million it budgeted for 2026.
Mountain Home’s share of the Baxter County sales tax came in at $325,228.03, up $16,094.61, or 5.21%, from September 2025. Year to date the city’s county share is up $126,254.54, or 5.02%.
The public safety sales tax brought in $244,975.24, up $7,307.82, or 3.07%, from a year ago. Collections are up $49,893.75, or 2.49%, for the year.
The park improvement sales tax collected $326,633.65, which is $112,008.70 more than the $214,624.95 monthly bond payment for 2026. The parks operations sales tax brought in $163,316.83.
