Clarendon sales tax revenue slips in August

Clarendon saw a slight dip in sales tax revenues for August when Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar distributed monthly allocations last week.

The city’s revenue dropped 2.68 percent to $47,425.53 compared to the same period in 2023. Despite the drop this month, Clarendon remains up 2.11 percent on the calendar year-to-date with sales tax revenues of $340,635.54.

Hedley was up 85.26 percent from $1,450.02 last August to $2,686.32 this month. That community is up 20.03 percent for the year-to-date at $10,790.33.

The City of Howardwick was up 23.54 percent from $1,784.57 a year ago to $2,204.67 this month. The lakeside city is still down 11.44 percent, however, at $12,998.31 after it lowered its sales tax rate last fall.

In neighboring communities, Claude was down 12.23 percent with an allocation of $18,128.66 this month and is down 1.27 percent for the year at $151,881.41. Memphis was down 10.73 percent this month at $38,757.97 and is down 6.76 percent for the year at $262,507.95.

Across the state, Hegar sent $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for August, 0.3 percent less than in August 2023.

These allocations are based on sales made in June by businesses that report tax monthly and on sales made in April, May and June by quarterly filers.