STURGIS, S.D. – The Sturgis City Council received a report on the August Sales Tax collections at their meeting last night.
City Administrator Rhea Crane says August 2026 sales tax collections of $342,662 for the General Fund (1%) represented a decrease of 9.9% as compared to August 2025. Through the first eight months of 2026, General Fund sales tax collections total $1,588,931, for an increase of 0.7% over the same period in 2025 and 5.7% more than that in 2024.
Meanwhile, Municipal Gross Receipts Tax (MGRT/BBB) collection in August was 23.8% lower than August of 2025, with ‘year-to-date’ collections of $256,340 which are 2.8% below 2025 levels and 6.1% less than those in 2024.
Crane says they appear to on track to collect their budgeted amount for 2026.
