PRESS RELEASE: Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes Nearly $912 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

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February 7, 2018

Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes Nearly $912 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $911.9 million in local sales tax allocations for February, 6.2 percent more than in February 2017. These allocations are based on sales made in December by businesses that report tax monthly; October, November and December sales by quarterly filers; and 2017 sales by businesses that report tax annually.

LOCAL SALES TAX ALLOCATIONS (Feb. 2018)
Recipient Feb. 2018
Allocations
Change from
Feb. 2017
Year-to-date
Change
Cities   
$592.9M 5.1% 6.5%
Counties $53.7M 12.4% 13.5%
Transit Systems $203.5M 5.0% 6.5%
Special Purpose Taxing Districts $61.9M 16.4% 17.9%
Total $911.9M 6.2% 7.6%

For details on February sales tax allocations to individual cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts, visit the Comptroller’s Monthly Sales Tax Allocation Comparison Summary Reports.


Source: Texas Comptroller

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