Analysis: Sales tax funded 3 percent of City of Dixon budget in 2016

By Local Labs News Service

Jun 29, 2017

The City of Dixon's local sales tax brought in $695,838 in 2016, according to Illinois State Comptroller revenue data. Dixon, population 15,500, relied on its local sales tax to contribute 3 percent of total revenue that year.

Dixon levies a 0.5 percent sales tax. The average of one suburbs in Lee County is 0.5. The high is 0.5 percent; the low is 0.5 percent.

NW Illinois News analyzed the sales tax collections in one Lee County suburbs and found they generated a total of $695,838 in tax revenue in 2016. That was the equivalent of 3% spent by local government.

Below is a list of Lee County municipalities' local tax revenue.

Municipality

Population

Local sales tax rate

2016 revenue from sales tax

Percent of total revenue

City of Dixon

15,500

0.5%

$695,838

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

City of Dixon• Lee County