Sales tax revenue for the City of Clarendon reached a new milestone when Comptroller Glenn Hegar delivered monthly allocations last week.
Clarendon surpassed the half-million-dollar mark for sales tax collections during calendar year 2022 with a 12-month total of $500,638.16.
Although December’s monthly allocation was down 8.83 percent at $33,640.67, the city finished the year 3.45 percent ahead of 2021 and set the record for its highest collection in a calendar year.
In Hedley, sales tax revenue was up 16.13 percent at $857.51, but the year was down 4.48 percent to $12,458.17.
Howardwick posted big gains for both the year and the month, up 10.05 percent for the year with revenue of $22,006.91 and up 9.81 percent for the month at $1,499.54.
Statewide, the comptroller sent $1.1 billion in local sales tax allocations for December, 12.4 percent more than in December 2021.
These allocations are based on sales made in October by businesses that report tax monthly.
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