The August distribution of sales tax collections by the Oklahoma Tax Commission primarily represents local tax receipts from June business. Companies that remit more than $2,500 monthly in sales tax receipts are required to file and pay electronically. The monies they reported this period represent sales from June 16 to June 30 and estimated sales from July 1 to July 15.

The City of Alva received $297,817.92 in sales tax, which is down 5.74 percent from August 2018. However, Alva use tax totaled $25,043.63, up almost 20 percent from the $20,879.80 in the same month last year. Adding sales and...