Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $671 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 $670.9 million in local sales tax allocations for March, 8.3 percent more than in March 2017. These allocations are based on sales made in January by businesses that report tax monthly.

LOCAL SALES TAX ALLOCATIONS (March 2018)
Recipient March 2018
Allocations
Change from
March 2017
Year-to-date
Change
Cities     $431.4M ↑7.6% ↑6.8%
Counties $41.9M ↑16.7% ↑14.5%
Transit Systems $150.5M ↑4.8% ↑6.0%
Special Purpose Taxing Districts $47.0M ↑20.7% ↑18.7%
Total $670.9M ↑8.3% ↑7.8%

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