POUGHKEEPSIE – Dutchess County received $254 million in sales tax revenue in 2022, up $4 million, or 1.6 percent, from 2021, County Comptroller Robin Lois announced in a special report on Thursday.
This year-over-year growth was the lowest in the state with a statewide increase of 12.7 percent.
“While this revenue increase is modest, it seems to reflect the continued local consumer demand for goods and services despite the often-higher price tag,” said Lois. “Gross tax collections have also been impacted by the exemption on clothing and footwear to our residents’ benefit.”
The county comptroller said sales tax collections were positively affected by the elimination of two withholdings by the state in 2022 effectively increasing Dutchess County sales tax revenue by $2.5 million in 2022.
She said the county has negotiated and adopted a new sales tax sharing agreement with the cities of Poughkeepsie and Beacon, as well as surrounding municipalities. “The agreement took effect on March 1, 2023, and will prove to be beneficial to all our local governments moving forward providing an increase in revenue and quicker receipt,” Lois said.
