City sales tax rises for month of August

Clarendon’s sales tax revenue was up for the month of August when Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar made allocations to local governments last week.

City Hall saw its allocation go up by 2.25 percent compared to a year ago for a monthly figure of $40,732.07. That brings the city’s calendar year-to-date sales tax revenue up to $284,709.30, which is 2.17 percent higher than at this same point in 2018.

Howardwick’s sales tax revenue was also up by 2.68 percent with an August allocation of $913.18 and a year-to-date total up 12.29 percent at $9,268.36.

Hedley was down for the month by 42.59 percent at $1,111.12. That brings Hedley down 20.11 percent for the year at $7,137.21.

Statewide, Hegar sent $876.8 million in local sales tax allocations for August, 4.0 percent more than in August 2018. 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.