The borough collected $14,422 in tobacco excise taxes in the first three months of its enactment—slightly less than projections if the trend continues.
Borough finance director Jila Stuart projected annual revenues to be about $80,000 based on an analysis of similarly sized communities. If the current trend continues, the borough would receive about $56,000 annually.
Stuart said she suspects retailers stocked extra tobacco products before the excise tax went into effect and that the first…
