Haines likely set record with sales tax revenues

Sales tax revenue for Haines in January through April likely set a record for the four months.

The $994,161 collected by the borough in the first months of the calendar year is by far the largest total of the past five years, marking a 44% increase over 2020 and 42% over pre-pandemic 2019 and 2018, according to a report prepared for the borough assembly by chief fiscal officer Jila Stuart.

Tax revenues are up 16%…