COMPTROLLER GLENN HEGAR TO DISTRIBUTE $577 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE

  

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said today that state sales tax revenue in March was $2.12 billion, up 1.5 percent compared to March 2014.

"State sales tax collections have now grown for 60 consecutive months despite weakening in the energy sector. This moderated growth was expected and is currently in line with estimates presented in January," Hegar said. "Receipts in the construction, services and restaurant sectors remained relatively strong. We will continue to monitor the state’s economic activity and its impact on key revenue sources.”

Hegar will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts their April local sales tax allocations totaling $576.6 million, up 4 percent compared to April 2014.

For Washington County, the payments are as follows:

                                                               Brenham                                                                    BURTON

CURRENT RATE                                        1.500%                                                                 1.000%

NET PAYMENT THIS PERIOD                 $ 452,514.65                                                          $1,422.29

COMPARABLE PYMT PRIOR YEAR        $426,025.15                                                     $3,663.26

PERCENT OF  CHANGE                               6.21%                                                             -61.17%

2015 PAYMENTS TO DATE                        $  2,028,446.63                                               $10,212.69

2014  PAYMENTS  TO  DATE                      $1,877,212.96                                                 $11,714.83

% CHANGE                                                    8.05%                                                              -12.82%

County Total

Net pymt this period         Comp pymt          %change        2015 pymts to       2014 pymts to      %change

                                            Prior pymt                                      date                            date

$453,936.94                     429,688.41             5.64%            2,038,659.32         1,888,927.79             7.92%