sales tax

A man who operated a Broome County restaurant has been convicted for failing to pay more than $59,000 in sales tax collected by the business.

A new incentive program being launched by “The Agency” looks to help smaller local businesses to expand.

The Broome County Legislature is moving ahead with a revised 2017 budget plan that restores an even split of the sales tax revenues between the county and the municipalities.

Broome County Executive Debra Preston says, after several years, the County is going to give municipalities more of the sales tax revenues next year.

Broome County officials are scrambling to deal with a major shortfall in sales tax revenue. County budget director Marie Kalka says an austerity plan has been implemented to address the problem. The county collected about $2.5 million less in sales tax cash during the first three months of the year compared to the same period of 2013...