At the January 8 meeting of the Vance County Board of Commissioners, Tax Collector Sam Jones presented the monthly report for December 2006 to members.
According to Jones, December is a “big collection month”. He told members that of the $8.5 million collected last month, $6.5 million was Vance County tax.
Jones informed the commissioners that 68.9% of 2006 taxes has been collected thus far, which is 1% ahead of where collection were during the same time last year.
The tax collector stated that he was glad to see the 1% increase.
The December 2006 and December 2005 monthly tax collection reports may be viewed here.