For Feb 2026, sales tax collection of $2,948,978.83 is 9% higher than Feb 2025.  The Feb 2026 bed tax of $929,075.76 is 25% higher than Feb 2025.

The combined total Feb 2026 Sales & Bed Tax is $3,878,054.59, which is 13% higher than the combined sales and bed tax total for Feb 2025 .

On average, February is the 8th highest month of the year for sales and bed tax combined.  Feb 2026 ranked the 3^rd highest month in FY26.

February 2026 recorded the highest combined sales and bed tax collections for the month of February in the past 10 years.

Sales and Bed Tax Revenues by Category Comparison to February 2025 with a ±10% Variance

• Hotel/Motel Sales Tax and Bed Tax – up 25%
• Construction – up 24%

Out of $3,878,054.59 received in February’s tax reporting, $3,557,013.54 is attributed to February sales, the remainder is either from prior months or misfilings. 

Hotel/Motel Sales Tax and Bed Tax was up 25% in February 2026*

Construction was up 24% in February 2026, which could be influenced by weather conditions and/or seasonal and scheduling factors

*February Hotel/Motel Sales Tax and Bed Tax were both up 25% due to missing and/or back payments from hotels not received in January 2026. Even with the misfiling, February 2026 was still a 15% increase over Feb 2025.

Sales & Bed Tax Revenues by Month

• Monthly budgets are based on a seasonally adjusted average of historical collections.
• Year-to-date sales tax is higher than budget expectations by 12%
• Year-to-date bed tax is higher than budget expectations by 15%.
• Year-to-date combined sales and bed tax is higher than budget expectations by 13%.

FY26 year-to-date increases (decreases) over FY25 for the same period:

February 2026 Sales & Bed Tax Report