The City of Clarendon saw its first significant increase in sales tax revenue this year when Texas Comptroller Susan Combs announced March allocations last week.
City revenues climbed 12.66 percent to a total of $23,234.79 compared to $20,234.79 for the same period one year ago.
Clarendon has now pulled 2.59 percent ahead for the year-to-date figure, which now stands at $95,242.52.
Other local municipalities are still struggling with their sales tax revenues, although both Hedley and Howardwick posted gains for this period.
Hedley’s allocation was up 8.83 percent to $441.56, but the city remains 16.14 percent behind on the year-to-date. Howardwick was up 14.34 percent to $927.26 but was 11.05 percent down for the year so far.
Combs said the state received $1.58 billion in sales tax revenue in March, down 3.8 percent compared to March 2008.
“Continued weakness in many important sectors, such as retail trade, mining and construction, resulted in a significant decrease in March sales tax collections,” Combs said. “While year to date sales tax revenue is up 1.9 percent for fiscal 2009, further declines are expected this year.”
Comptroller Combs will send April sales tax allocations of $275.7 million to Texas cities, down 1.9 percent compared to April 2008. Calendar year-to-date, city sales tax allocations are running 0.8 percent higher than last year.
March state sales tax revenue and April payments made to local governments represent sales that occurred in February.
The Comptroller’s next sales tax allocation will be Friday, May 8.
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