Tax figures finalized

Sweetwater County is going to receive about $2.37 million due to a tax error.

In July, the Sweetwater County Commissioners were notified by the Department of Revenue that a Sweetwater County vendor mistakenly reported its taxes to Natrona County instead of Sweetwater County. The error was discovered during a regular audit.

Kim Lovett, administrator of the Excise Tax Division of the Department of Revenue, said in a previous interview an audit on a Sweewater County vendor, which will remain confidential, was completed for a 27-month period. Of those 27 months, 20 involved payment reported to...