Clarendon beat a record recently set in August for the second highest monthly sales tax revenue when Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar distributed monthly allocations to municipal governments.
The city’s November allocation was $51,013.66, reflecting an increase of 15.36 percent compared to the same period one year ago.
That’s greater than the previous second highest allocation of $49,677.44 in August of this year. The best month on record for the city was May 2019 with an allocation of $56,593.
City officials attribute these increases to taxes on online sales from national retailers finally making their way to Texas cities.
The November allocation brings the city’s calendar year-to-date total to $410,227.35, an increase of 4.40 percent over the same point in 2019.
Hedley was also up 2.71 percent to $1,558.06 this month and is 6.70 percent ahead for the year at $10,159.763.
Howardwick’s sales tax revenue almost tripled from $798.77 last November to $2,310.42 this month, with the city now 36.36 ahead for the year at $18,236.37.
Statewide, Hegar distributed $890.5 million in local sales tax allocations for November, 4.8 percent more than in November 2019. These allocations are based on sales made in September by businesses that report tax monthly, and on sales made in July, August and September by quarterly filers.
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