Cities Receive Checks from County Following Accounting Oversight

The Barrow Journal reports Winder's internal auditor found the oversight.

Posted Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 5:37 pm ET|Updated Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 5:44 pm ET

The cities of Auburn, Bethlehem, Carl, Statham, Winder and Braselton have received checks from Barrow County following an accounting oversight that the Barrow Journal reports cost the municipalities more than $324,000 in sales tax proceeds.

According to the Journal, the error was due to a change in the distribution formula set to kick in toward the end of the six-year SPLOST cycle.

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