Las Vegas NowStatewide Sales Tax Down Double-Digits
Nearly all of Nevada's 17 counties reported a decrease in taxable sales for July 2009 when compared to the previous year.
Taxable sales numbers were released Thursday by the state and the numbers show that there was a statewide decrease of 18.8 percent from 2008. In Clark County, taxable sales were down 20.6 percent. This is the 9th straight month of double-digit declines.
"The increasing unemployment rate and sluggish consumer spending have had a continuous profound effect on Nevada's revenue collections which continue to decline in comparison to the prior month last year," said Governor Jim Gibbons.
Humboldt and Churchill counties were the only two to not report a decline.
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