Manitou Springs sales-tax collections trail 2025 as taxable sales dip
The city reported $2.55 million in General Fund sales-tax collections through June, while July taxable sales were down 2% from the same period last year.
Manitou Springs reported $2.55 million in General Fund sales-tax collections through June, $1.13 million below the comparable 2025 figure. Through July, taxable sales were down 2% from the same period last year, to $81.94 million, according to the city’s [July sales-tax summary](https://manitouspringsco.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetAttachmentFile(fileId=8109).
The sales-tax collections represented 52.05% of the city’s $4.9 million modified annual budget. The city’s August financial report identifies the sales-tax figures as January-June data, despite listing January-August column headings.
The decline in taxable sales followed a reduction in the city’s marijuana-tax rate. The combined marijuana-tax rate was 11.5% in 2024 and 2025 and 6.5% in 2026 after the city reduced its local marijuana rate from 10% to 5% in June 2025. The regular city sales-tax rate remained 3.9%.
The largest documented decline through July was in the city’s broad “Other in City” category, where taxable sales fell 68.9% from the same period in 2025. Motel and bed-and-breakfast taxable sales fell 13.1%. Increases in food and gas stores, shops and gift businesses, restaurants and sales outside the city partly offset those declines. The city’s summary does not define the “Other in City” category or include August figures.
Overall General Fund revenue was $7.84 million, or 62.02% of the modified budget, essentially unchanged from the $7.82 million listed for the comparable prior-year period. Property-tax collections had exceeded the full-year budget at $1.23 million, while several other tax and fee categories were below their expected pace.
The city also recorded a $1 million transfer from the Mobility & Parking enterprise fund to the General Fund. The August 2026 General Fund financial report lists the transfer under Administrative Support revenue, which totaled $1.19 million, or 66.67% of budget.
The Mobility & Parking enterprise-fund report records the transfer as an expense and lists $6.72 million in total revenue and $5.27 million in expenses through August. The records do not say whether the transfer is new, recurring or sustainable.
The reports describe current revenue and spending compared with modified budgets; they do not document a revised revenue forecast, spending plan, reserve expectation or projected deficit.