Boulder’s sales-tax revenue increases

BOULDER  – Sales- and use- tax revenue was up 9.24 percent in Boulder for sales made in February, driven mostly by increases in business and construction use taxes.

Retail sales-tax revenue was up, too. The city collected $10,526,804 in sales tax in March, representing sales in February, compared with $9,962,224 for the same period a year ago – a 5.67 percent increase.

Business use-tax revenue was up 11.46 percent at $1,525,985 collected in March, compared with $1,167,981 collected for the same period the year before. Construction use tax was up 6.79 percent, or $904,082 collected in March, compared with $834,189 collected the…