Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $763 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $762.5 million in local sales tax allocations for March, 0.5 percent less than in March 2020. These allocations are based on sales made in January by businesses that report tax monthly.

 

LOCAL SALES TAX ALLOCATIONS (March 2021)
Recipient March 2021
Allocations
Change from
March 2020
Year-to-date
Change
Cities    $491.7M ↑1.5% ↑2.2%
Transit Systems $164.4M ↓5.6% ↓2.7%
Counties $44.8M ↓3.8% ↓3.5%
Special Purpose Taxing Districts $61.5M ↑0.8% ↑4.4%
Total $762.5M ↓0.5% ↑0.9%

 

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.