ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins County Finance Director Rick Snyder recently reported that the county’s sales-tax receipts rose by 9.71 percent in June compared to the year-ago period.
And for the full second quarter, sales-tax receipts in the county rose 6.5 percent compared to the same quarter in 2013.
The increased sales-tax collections are a sign of growing economic activity and consumer spending in Tompkins County.
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The county’s increase topped the 3.5 percent growth in sales-tax collections statewide in the second quarter, according to a recent report from New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
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Editor’s note: This story was corrected on Monday Aug. 11 to reflect new information that The Business Journal received from Tompkins County.
