The City of Clarendon received its highest October sales tax revenue when Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock distributed allocations to local cities last week.
Clarendon’s revenue of $40,621.12 set a new bar for the month, beating the previous record set last October by 3.57 percent. For the calendar year-to-date, Clarendon is now up 8.39 percent with total sales tax revenues of $455,576.49.
Hedley was off 35.71 percent this month with an allocation of $821.50 and is now down for the year 3.14 percent at $12,461.68.
Howardwick was down 23.96 percent for October to $1,764.89 but remains ahead 13.42 percent for the calendar year-to-date with revenues of $19,612.57.
Donley County Assistance District 1, still in its first year of sales tax collections to support law enforcement in Howardwick, brought in $1,144.63 for the month, pushing its total for the year-to-date to $12,879.17.
The City of Memphis saw a slight increase this October, up 4.6 percent to $30,420.83, nudging that city’s year-to-date collections up 1.39 percent to $325,778.71.
Boosted by nearby datacenter construction, Claude sales tax revenues are up 56.33 percent at $46,712.36 compared to $29,082.24 a year ago with the year-to-date figure up almost 21 percent at $242,901.05.
Statewide, Hancock distributed $1.1 billion in local sales tax allocations for October, 3.9 percent more than in October 2024. These allocations are based on sales made in August by businesses that report tax monthly.
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