Lyon County Controller Dan Williams told Lyon County Commissioners during Thursday morning’s meeting that the county is in good standing to withstand a financial hit due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The county will not be able to see the scope of impact the pandemic is having on local sales taxes until May or June, but Williams told the commission he had recently worked out some “Doomsday numbers” in an attempt to predict how the county would handle a significant loss in revenue.
He said the good news was that last year the county had collected more than what it had budgeted in sales taxes. Though the second half of property tax payments aren’t due until May 10, he said many also chose to pay off the full amount when the first half was due. He said the county had also collected “quite a bit” in back taxes during the first quarter of the year.
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