Dec. 10, 2008

Did you know that Westchester County government shares its sales tax with our school districts, towns, villages and some cities? In 2008, the county will have distributed $74.8 million to local governments and almost $27 million to the schools.

Westchester, after sharing with local governments and school districts, expects to keep about $362.8 million next year.

Did you know that if Westchester County kept all its sales tax, your county government taxes could go down dramatically?

But then the bad news is that your school districts and local governments would lose this revenue. Westchester County shares its sales tax revenue in an effort to stabilize your other property taxes.

Sales tax is distributed on a per capital basis. Westchester’s four largest cities (New Rochelle, Yonkers, Mount Vernon and White Plains) do not get a portion of the county sales tax as these cities have their own.

Here is a list for the current year of sales tax revenue the county has dispensed:

Municpality

School District

ARDSLEY $598,348    BEDFORD  $2,541,544    BRIARCLIFF $1,078,681    BRONXVILLE  $917,075    BUCHANAN  $306,813    CORTLANDT  $4,018,703    CROTON   $1,066,066    DOBBS FERRY $1,488,793    EASTCHESTER  $2,601,953    ELMSFORD  $655,394    GREENBURGH  $5,862,665    HARRISON  $3,385,455    HASTINGS  $1,076,646    IRVINGTON $929,409    LARCHMONT $908,946    LEWISBORO   $1,727,347    MAMARONECK (T) $1,561,537 MAMARONECK(V) $2,628,304    MOUNT KISCO  $1,399,230    MOUNT PLEASANT   $3,665,357    NEW CASTLE  $2,451,560    NORTH CASTLE   $1,520,609    NORTH SALEM   $725,054    SLEEPY HOLLOW  $1,291,165    OSSINING (T)  $772,849    OSSINING (V)  $3,365,272    PEEKSKILL $3,145,359    PELHAM  $897,032    PELHAM MANOR  $766,121    PLEASANTVILLE  $1,005,237    PORT CHESTER   $3,905,874    POUND RIDGE  $662,402    RYE CITY  $2,096,112    RYE BROOK $1,205,667    SCARSDALE  $2,498,094    SOMERS   $2,571,398    TARRYTOWN   $1,554,388    TUCKAHOE   $870,542    YORKTOWN  $5,090,376

ARDSLEY $486,740    BEDFORD   $1,412,421    BLIND BROOK  $289,930    BRIARCLIFF  $369,342    BRONXVILLE  $330,951    BYRAM HILLS $543,593    CHAPPAQUA  $ 813,037    CROTON  $438,385    DOBBS FERRY  $470,251    EASTCHESTER  $ 876,314    EDGEMONT  $359,175    ELMSFORD  $402,270    GREENBURGH  $1,096,240    HARRISON  $1,221,731    HASTINGS  $423,487    HENDRICK HUDSON  $791,186    IRVINGTON  $501,611    KATONAH  $922,596    LAKELAND  $1,520,158    MAMARONECK  $1,430,580    MOUNT PLEASANT  $ 677,734    NORTH SALEM  $292,004    OSSINING   $1,671,547    PEEKSKILL $1,074,035    PELHAM    $600,193    PLEASANTVILLE  $414,713    P0CANTICO HILLS  $233,684    PORT CHESTER  $1,554,705    PUTNAM VALLEY $48,659    RYE CITY  $705,452    RYE NECK  $425,841    SCARSDALE  $ 936,101    SOMERS   $886,026    TARRYTOWN   $920,876    TUCKAHOE $376,828    VALHALLA   $ 426,498    YORKTOWN   $1,053,499