Sales tax revenue up in Clarendon, H’wick

Sales tax revenues were up in Clarendon and Howardwick when Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar distributed May allocations to local governments last week.

Clarendon’s revenue was up 5.97 percent for an allocation of $51,740.08 compared to $48,824.23 one year ago.

The city’s calendar year-to-date sales tax revenues now tally $280,871.69, an increase of 9.07 percent compared to the same period last year.

Howardwick’s allocation of $1,945.47 was an increase of 19.78 percent compared to last May.
The lakeside city is now up 4.88 percent for the year-to-date at $5,087.13.

Hedley fell for the month 8.18 percent to $1,737.24. The total for the year-to-date there is now $5,193.46, which is down 2.04 percent compared to the same point in 2021.

Statewide, Hegar sent $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for May, 11.8 percent more than in May 2021.

These May allocations are based on sales made in March by businesses that report sales tax monthly and sales made in January, February and March by quarterly filers.