The February report from the Oklahoma Tax Commission was recently sent out and reflects returns of tax dollars sent to area municipalities for business done in January.
Retail and Use taxes returned indicate sales were down in Newcastle, Goldsby, Purcell, and Lindsay. Blanchard had completely different results with significant increase.
February Sales and Use Taxes Combined
CITY RATE 2025 2024 DIFFERENCE Blanchard .05 $759,348.69 $693,850.80 $65,497.89 Byars .04 $4,480.51 $4,410.76 $69.75 Cole .04 $8,774.29 $8,153.95 $620.34 Dibble .05 $28,711.85 $27,595.91 $1,115.94 Goldsby .035 $156,658.64 $219,408.13 -$62,749.49 Lexington .04 $76,134.24 $66,692.02 $9,442.22 Lindsay .04 $286,159.99 $388,738.17 -$102,578.18 Maysville .04 $29,809.42 $35,406.55 -$5,597.13 Newcastle .04 $911,607.55 $962,962.02 -$51,354.47 Noble .04125 $265,029.52 $244,691.19 $20,338.33 Norman .04125 $9,871,381.34 $10,152,476.80 -$281,095.46 Paoli .03 $6,702.30 $8,010.91 -$1,308.61 Pauls Valley .045 $777,737.88 $714,459.77 $63,278.11 Purcell .05 $739,575.28 $1,051,244.55 -$257,699.27 Slaughterville .02 $42,162.36 $39,986.37 $2,175.99 Wanette .035 $4,789.65 $4,379.40 $410.25 Washington .04 $41,810.74 $41,795.57 $15.17 Wayne .035 $27,130.97 $28,225.51 -$1,094.54 McClain County .005 $375,480.79 $365,955.50 $9,525.29
Use Taxes Explained
Every state with a sales tax has a companion tax for outside the state. In Oklahoma, this is a “use tax.”
When someone purchases items for use in Oklahoma from retailers who do not collect sales tax, the buyer owes the state on those items. The state use tax was first enacted in 1937.
