Sales tax revenues up for local cities

Local cities’ sales tax revenues rose this month when Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar distributed February allocations last week.

Clarendon posted its first gain of the calendar year, coming in with $42,304.75, which is an increase of 9.6 percent over the same period last year. That brings the city’s calendar year-to-date total up to $72,227.92, up 5.13 percent.

Hedley also saw a slight boost this month with revenue of $1,172.25, up 0.71 percent from last February. That city is now ahead 33.63 percent for the year-to-date at $1,962.37.

Howardwick’s February allocation of $1,244.19 was up 140.32 percent from the same period last year, boosting that city’s year-to-date total 73.33 percent to $2,351.02.

Statewide, Heger distributed $911.9 million in local sales tax allocations for February, 6.2 percent more than in February 2017. These allocations are based on sales made in December by businesses that report tax monthly; October, November and December sales by quarterly filers; and 2017 sales by businesses that report tax annually.