Clarendon sales tax revenue up for August

Clarendon’s sales tax revenue surged ahead when Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar made his monthly allocations last week.

The city’s sales tax figure of $43,444.47 for the month represented an increase of 10.85 percent over the same period last year.

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

Clarendon has struggled with its sales tax revenues this year, and the new figure brings the city’s calendar year-to-date figure up a little better than even at $261.983.15, an increase of 0.24 percent.

Hedley’s revenue for the month is up 32.43 percent at $878.48, and year-to-date revenue is up 20.42 percent at $4,985.59.

Howardwick remains behind for the year, down 7.14 percent at $8,081.96 and fell 24.62 percent this month for an allocation of $866.86.

Statewide, Hegar sent cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $769.3 million in local sales tax allocations for August, 1.2 percent more than in August 2015.

“The cities of San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, Arlington, Plano and Irving saw noticeable increases in sales tax allocations,” Hegar said. “Energy-centric cities, such as Houston and Midland, continue to see decreases.”