Dateline: May 18, 2006

City sales tax receipts increase for April

By Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise

Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn said Friday that the state collected $1.57 billion in sales tax revenue in April, up 17.2 percent compared to April 2005.

Clarendon, Hedley, and Howardwick were among Texas cities receiving higher sales tax receipts.

The City of Clarendon received a rebate of $29,120.99, up 4.08 percent from last April and pushing the year-to-date total ahead 8.4 percent.

Hedley was up 125.64 percent from $522.16 last April to $1,178.24 this year and is running 87.6 percent ahead for the year-to-date.

Howardwick is also up with 4.79 percent growth for the year-to-date and receiving $857.72 for 6.8 percent growth in April.

May’s sales tax allocations to local governments represent March sales that were reported to the Comptroller in April by monthly tax filers, and January, February and March sales reported to the Comptroller in April by quarterly tax filers.