Clarendon recorded its second highest monthly sales tax revenue when Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar distributed monthly allocations to municipal governments last week.
The city’s August allocation was $49,677.44, reflecting an increase of 21.96 percent compared to the same period one year ago.
That’s greater than the previous second highest allocation of $45,914.54 in February of this year. The best month on record for the city was May of last year with an allocation of $56,593.
Clarendon City Administrator David Dockery said he thinks three factors have led to the increased sales tax revenue – people shaking of the cabin fever that set in with the COVID-19 quarantine, increased highway traffic, and taxes on online sales finally making their way to Texas cities.
The August allocation brings the city’s calendar year-to-date total to $285,652.67, an increase of just 0.33 percent over the same point in 2019 but putting the city on track to meet or exceed its budgeted revenue projection for the fiscal year.
Hedley was also up 24.46 percent to $1,383.01 this month and is 3.33 percent ahead for the year at $7,375.24.
Howardwick’s sales tax revenue almost doubled from $913.18 last August to $1,736.95 this month. The lakeside city is now 26.96 ahead for the year at $11,767.74.
Statewide, Hegar distributed $908.7 million in local sales tax allocations for August, 3.6 percent more than in August 2019.
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.
Widespread social distancing requirements were more relaxed across the state in June than in previous months, the comptroller’s office said.
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