April 25, 2025
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County’s local option sales tax collections for March 2025 were better than the previous month and much higher than March 2024 collections.
According to the Tennessee Department of Revenue, DeKalb County collected $179,966 in March 2025, up from $170,149 in February 2025 and better than the $145,744 taken in during March 2024.
Local option sales tax collections in March 2025 were down in three of the four towns in DeKalb County (Smithville, Dowelltown, and Liberty compared to February and underperformed in those same towns from March 2024 totals.
In Smithville, March 2025 collections were $367,824, down from $373,607 in February and below the March 2024 total of $371,116.
Alexandria’s collections increased from $32,025 in February to $32,698 in March and were up from $26,942 in March 2024.
Dowelltown brought in $3,322 in March 2025 compared to $3,658 in February and $3,524 in March 2024
Liberty’s dropped from $14,888 in February to $13,129 in March 2025 and came in under the total of $14,130 in March, 2024.
Net collections of local option sales taxes for the county and cities combined in March 2025 were $596,942, up from $594,329 in February and better than the $561,458 taken in during March 2024.
March 2025 sales tax collections reflect previous month activity.