Sales tax revenues mixed for local cities

Sales tax revenues were mixed for Donley County municipalities when Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar delivered monthly allocations last week.

The City of Clarendon slipped for the second month, dropping 0.74 percent for July with an allocation of $40,682.97.

Despite the setbacks this month and last month, Clarendon is still ahead for the calendar year-to-date with sales tax revenues up 5.78 percent at $286,517.93.

Hedley was up 7.39 percent for the month of July with an allocation of $634.60. That brings Hedley up 5.16 percent on the year-to-date with revenues of $6,646.61 since the first of January.

Howardwick was also up with an allocation of $1,556.13, an increase of 11.95 percent compared to the same period last year. The lakeside city is now up 4.98 percent for the year-to-date at $11,630.91.

Statewide, Hegar delivered $1.03 billion in local sales tax allocations for July, 15.3 percent more than in July 2021.
These allocations are based on sales made in May by businesses that report tax monthly.