The City of Clarendon saw its seventh straight month of growth in sales tax revenue when Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar distributed August allocations last week.
Clarendon received $39,835.05 for the month which is up 3.29 percent over the same period one year ago.
The city is now running 8.44 percent ahead for the calendar year-to-date with sales tax revenues totaling $278,639.83.
Howardwick’s sales tax income was also up with an increase of 6.55 percent for the month at $889.28. The lakeside city is up 16.36 percent for the year at $8,253.35.
Hedley had an increase of 204.03 percent with revenue of $1,935.53, bringing that city’s total to date up 102.58 percent at $8,934.40.
Statewide, Hegar delivered $842.7 million in local sales tax allocations for August, 8.2 percent more than in August 2017.
These allocations are based on sales made in June by businesses that report tax monthly, and sales made in April, May and June by quarterly filers.
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