Dateline: August 16, 2007

City sales tax revenue up

By Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise

Sales tax revenue for the City of Clarendon grew for the first time since April when Texas Comptroller Susan Combs distributed August allocations last Friday.

Clarendon’s allocation of $30,096.19 was an 8.85 percent increase over last August. That brings the city’s allocation for the year-to-date to $198,336.18, which up 2.43 percent for this point last year.

The news was not as good in Hedley and Howardwick. Both of those cities saw their allocations drop this month. Hedley fell 25.64 percent to $797.31, and Howardwick dropped 42.46 percent to $963.95.

Howardwick is still ahead 4.83 percent for the year-to-date, but Hedley is behind more than 23 percent for the year.

Statewide, Combs said her office collected $1.6 billion in sales tax revenue in July, up 5.3 percent compared to July 2006.

July state sales tax revenue and August allocations to local governments represent sales taxes collected in June by businesses that report sales taxes monthly, and sales taxes collected in April, May and June by quarterly filers.

The Comptroller’s next sales tax allocation will be September 14.