Sales tax revenues dropped this month for all three Donley County municipalities when Texas Comptroller Susan Combs delivered her December allocations last week.
Clarendon’s revenues dropped 2.21 percent for the month to $31,455.18, bringing the city’s calendar year-to-date figure down 3.21 percent to $398,447.17.
Hedley’s sales tax check dropped 71.95 percent to $393.55. That city is now 7.42 percent down for 2014 at $7,037.24.
Howardwick’s allocation was also down, falling 44.18 percent compared to the same month one year ago at $787.23. The yearly total is down 23.37 percent at $13,317.05.
Statewide, Comptroller Combs said that state sales tax revenue for the month was $2.66 billion, up 10.7 percent compared to November 2013.
“The growth in sales tax collections was fueled by increased remittances from both business and consumer driven sectors,” Combs said. “The gains were led by oil and natural gas-related sectors, while collections from retail trade and restaurants also rose strongly.”
The sales tax figures represent October sales reported by monthly tax filers.
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