City sets new fiscal year sales tax record

The City of Clarendon set a record when Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar distributed monthly sales tax allocations to local governments last week.

City Administrator David Dockery said the September allocation pushed total sales tax revenues beyond the half a million dollars mark for the first time for a fiscal year, with receipts for fiscal year 2022 totaling more than $502,000.

The city’s fiscal year runs from October 1 through September 30. Sales taxes reports are reported by the comptroller by the calendar year.

September’s allocation for Clarendon was actually down 7.32 percent at $37,878.59. The city’s calendar year total for 2022 is still up 5.1 percent at $377,491.81.

Hedley was up for the month 20.09 percent at $700.80 but is 14.5 percent down for 2022 at $8,613.03.

Howardwick was up 5.68 percent for the month and is 6.39 up for the year at $15,673.10.

Statewide, the comptroller delivered $1.04 billion in local sales tax allocations for September, 13.1 percent more than in September 2021. These allocations are based on sales made in July by businesses that report tax monthly.