Monday, March 5, 2012

SALES TAX RIDES WAVE OF BUYER CONFIDENCE.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: MICHAEL MCKEON Staff writer

ALBANY Albany County's sales tax revenues increased by about 8 percent in 1994 thanks to a strong Christmas season and healthy sales among car and truck dealers, County Comptroller Ed Stack said Monday.

Stack said the county collected $91.8 million in sales tax revenue last year, $6.8 million more than in 1993 and $5.4 million more than the county had budgeted for the year.

The final 1994 take was just $200,000 short of what former county Budget Director Philip Mahar had predicted for the year when former County Executive Michael Hoblock released his 1995 budget in October.

The 1995 budget calls for a 5 …

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