Clarendon’s sales tax revenue drops in July

Taxable sales in Clarendon have shown little growth this calendar year according to figures released by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar last week.

The city’s July sales tax allocation dropped 7.64 percent from the same period one year ago with a monthly payment to the city of $28,027.09. Last month, Clarendon was up 8.57 percent for a June allocation of $34,897.06.

The July allocation sales tax figures represent monthly sales made in May by businesses that report tax quarterly.

In the first seven months of 2015, Clarendon has seen three months of positive allocations and four months of allocations that fell below 2014 numbers.

For the year-to-date, the city is almost even with last year with total sales tax revenues of $222,143.71, down 0.67 percent.

Hedley and Howardwick are also behind 2014 figures.

Hedley’s July allocation of $181.07 is 26.5 below the same period last year, and that city is now 15.87 percent down for the year-to-date at $3,476.75.

Howardwick’s allocation rose 22.44 percent for the month of July with a figure of $1,161.02, but that city is also behind for the year at $7,553.61, down 3.17 percent.

Statewide the comptroller said state sales tax revenue in June was $2.2 billion, down 1.4 percent compared to June 2014.

This marks the first decline in state sales tax revenue following 62 consecutive months of growth.