Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols plans to present a 0.7 cent sales tax increase to Tulsa City Councilors this week.  If approved by the councilors the new sales tax would be voted on in the  February 10, 2026 election.

“It’s seven-tenths of a penny to invest in things like public safety, to really help us get there on the issue of homelessness, to really focus in on the things that we really have to do to ensure that, in good times or in bad, the city can be there for its citizens,” Nichols said.

If approved the new sales tax rate in Tulsa would become 9.217 percent.  It would generate another $80 million dollars a year for the City of Tulsa to spend.  It would be a permanent increase.

Nichols also plans to ask for an increase in the hotel / motel tax increase from 5% to 9%.

If Tulsa votes in the new Sale Tax increase it would become effective on July 1, 2026.