Clarendon sales tax up in March report

Clarendon’s sales tax revenues rose on January sales when Texas Comptroller Glen Hegar distributed monthly allocations to local governments last week.

The city saw its March sales tax revenue increase 13.47 percent from $33,018.04 one year ago to $37,467.05 this month. The city’s calendar year-to-date total is now up 3.48 percent at $127,694.33 compared to $123,270.08 at this point in 2023.

Sales tax revenues in Hedley were up 23.28 percent at $888.40 compared to $720.58 last March. Hedley’s year-to-date figure is now up 1.77 percent with collections of $3,441.56, up from $3,381.55 a year ago.

Howardwick’s sales tax revenue fell 19.20 percent, dropping from $1,890.87 last March to $1,527.64 this year. Howardwick is now down 21.26 percent on the year. Howardwick’s declining revenue can be attributed in large part to that city opting not to renew its street maintenance sales tax, which lowered its overall local sales tax rate from 1.25 percent to 1.0 percent effective October 1, 2023.

Statewide, Hegar delivered $980.9 million in local sales tax allocations for March, 2.2 percent less than in March 2023.

March sales tax allocations are based on sales made in January by businesses that report tax monthly.