City August sales tax revenue up 8.76%

Clarendon posted strong growth in sales tax revenue when Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock delivered August allocations to local governments last week.

The city brought in $51,580.16 for the month, which was up 8.76 percent compared to the same period last year.

The August allocation pushes the city’s calendar year-to-date total to $368,913.89, an increase of 8.30 percent over this point in 2024.

Hedley’s sales tax revenues dropped 45.57 percent to $1,461.98 this month, but the city is just slightly behind on the year-to-date, down 0.78 percent with collections of $10,705.35.

Howardwick also slipped this month, down 7.32 percent for August at $2,043.28, but the lakeside city is still 21.17 percent ahead for the year at $15,751.16.

Donley County Assistance District No. 1, still in its first year of collections, received $1,490.55 for August in the City of Howardwick with collections for the year-to-date of $10,241.02.

Statewide, Hancock delivered $1.3 billion in local sales tax allocations for August, 5.2 percent more than in August 2024. These allocations are based on sales made in June by businesses that report tax monthly and on sales made in April, May and June by quarterly filers.