City Of Tulsa Sales Tax Comes In $100,000 Ahead Of Projections

The City of Tulsa got some good news on the budget this week.

Sales tax figures came in slightly higher than expected.

The city got a monthly check totaling almost $21 million.

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That's $100,000 thousand more than what was budgeted.

The gap between income and spending is much larger. It is estimated at $6.4 million.

The budget has to be balanced by the end of the budget year, which is June 2014.