Abilene sales tax distribution falls 3.2% in October
Abilene received $150,259.90 in its October 2026 local sales tax distribution, a decrease of $4,957.45, or 3.2%, from the $155,217.35 distributed in October 2025.
The October payment reflects August collections. Local sales tax distributions trail the transactions that produced them by about two months.
Dickinson County received $402,398.52 in the same distribution, up 0.1% from $402,021.72 a year earlier. From January through October, Abilene has received $1,399,015.57, compared with $1,084,044.08 during the same period in 2025. The KDOR report lists the city’s year-to-date percentage change as n/a because Abilene’s current 1.1% local sales tax rate took effect July 25, 2025. Dickinson County’s year-to-date total was $3,716,756.03, down 3.1% from $3,835,420.35.
For regional context, Saline County received $2,012,383.95, up 4.6% from a year earlier. Geary County received $542,337.62, down 11.5%. Clay County received $114,102.20, down 2.4%. Morris County received $57,349.83, down 7.1%. Ottawa County received $37,704.61, down 16.0%.
City and county distributions represent their respective local sales tax levies and should not be added together or treated as portions of one payment.
