STE. GENEVIEVE – The March sales tax receipts are in at city hall, and
the news isn’t good.
The Missouri Department of Revenue reports the city’s main tax is down
nearly $12,000 compared to March 2025 and so far this year is off by
close to $19,000. A tax that brought in sizable gains in March of 2024,
and 2025 has suddenly crashed.
The tax brought in nearly $211,000 for the first three months of 2024
and almost $206,000 in the same period in 2025. It brought in a bit more
than $187,000 the first quarter of this year. That’s a loss of almost
$19,000 from 2025.
The same pattern can be seen in the city’s two other taxes: public mass
transportation and capital improvements. Each of these taxes is down
$4,400 for the month and down almost $10,000 for the year.
The only bright spot is the consolidated city use tax which brought in
$25,600 in March and $94,000 in the first quarter of 2026. That tax is
wildly variable. It brought in $76,000 in March 2024, nothing in March
2025 and then $26,000 in March of this year. First quarter comparisons
are $185,000 in 2024, $59,000 in 2025 and $94,000 this year.