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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

North Dakota State Taxable Sales and Purchases Up Over 20% 3Q12 Y/Y

Link to The Bismarck Tribune
North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases were up $1.2 billion in the third quarter.
Sales tax collections in the state for July, August and September were $6.735 billion this year, a 22.4 percent increase over last year.
Thirteen of 15 industries reported sales tax growth during the third quarter. The retail sector, which reflects consumer confidence, reported a gain of 13.1 percent compared to third quarter last year. Wholesale trade, which reflects spending by businesses, was up 30.7 percent.
The utilities sector had the largest percentage increase of 55.7 percent. Construction grew by 46.1 percent and financial, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing grew 35.5 percent.
See first comment: I thought the same thing. Anyway, here's the PDF link that will show a more complete list of cities, counties.