January's sales tax revenue was up more than $370,000 compared to the same month last year.
The increase reflects a trend of four consecutive months where sales tax collections were more than the same month of the previous year.
The county trustee's office reported Tuesday that just less than $3.53 million was collected in January. March numbers released this week by state officials reflect two months prior.
In January 2008, sales tax revenues were just less than $3.16 million.
Officials have said the upturn, which began in October, was caused by troops returning to Fort Campbell and the holiday shopping season.
For December, a total of $4.8 million local sales tax was collected in 2007 and $4.98 million last year.
A total of about $3.78 million was collected in November 2007 and $3.91 million in 2008.
The sales tax revenue numbers were very close for October, with $3.479 million collected last year and $3.476 million for 2007.
September of 2007 had $3.9 million in sales tax collected and in 2008 the amount was $ 3.61 million.
All sales tax collected from purchases in the city and county is sent to the state. The portion from the local option sales tax — 2.5 percent — is returned to Montgomery County, where it is distributed to the city and the school system.
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