City sales tax revenue grew in August allocations

Clarendon’s sales tax revenues grew for September when Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar delivered monthly allocations last week.

The city received $40,451.08 for the month, which is up 11.43 percent from $36,301.59 a year ago. Clarendon’s calendar year-to-date total is now up 3.02 percent at $381,086.62 compared to $369,879.32 at this point in 2023.

Hedley posted another positive month as well with sales tax revenues up 27.63 percent this month at $798.19 and is now up 20.52 percent for the year at $11,588.52.

Howardwick is up for the month by 1.85 percent at $1,920.58, but the lakeside city is still down 9.9 percent for the year-to-date at $14,954.59 after lowering its sales tax rate in last fall.
The tax news was not as good in neighboring communities.

Memphis was down 22.07 percent for the month at $29,722.10 and now down 8.59 percent for the year-to-date period at $292,230.05. Claude is down this month 44.38 percent at $18,991.11 and is down 9.10 percent for the year-to-date at $170,872.52.

Statewide, Hegar sent local governments $1.1 billion in local sales tax allocations for September, 6.3 percent more than in September 2023.

These allocations are based on sales made in July by businesses that report tax monthly.