Clarendon sales tax revenue up 10 percent in April

Clarendon’s sales tax revenues posted a healthy boost when Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar delivered April allocations to local governments last week.

The city was up 10.52 percent from the same period in 2023 with an allocation for the month of $36,100.75 compared to last year’s $32,661.86.

Clarendon is now 5.04 ahead for its calendar year-to-date sales tax revenues at $163,795.08.
Hedley’s sales tax revenue for the month was up 2.93 percent at $8.63.19, and that city is now ahead 2.0 percent for the year-to-date at $4,304.75.

Howardwick’s revenue was down 19.10 percent to $1,653.45 for the month and down 20.70 for the calendar year thus far at $6,300.17. Howardwick’s drop is at least partly attributed to the fact that it lowered it’s sales tax rate effective October 1.

Statewide, the comptroller delivered $1.03 billion in local sales tax allocations for April, 5.5 percent more than in April 2023. These allocations are based on sales made in February by businesses that report tax monthly.