WASHINGTON COUNTY RECEIVES AN INCREASE IN SALES TAX ALLOCATION

  

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $626.3 million in local sales tax allocations for December, 3 percent less than in December 2014. These allocations are based on sales made in October by businesses that report tax monthly.

Hegar also said today that sales tax revenue for the state in November was $2.58 billion, down 3.3 percent compared to November 2014.

“Sales tax revenue declined again due to reduced spending in oil and gas-related sectors,” Hegar said. “Remittances from other sectors, including construction, restaurants and retail trade, continued to grow. The net decrease in sales tax receipts is in line with the October Certification Revenue Estimate.”

The amount received by Washington County is as follows:

For the City of Brenham, $516,893.51 was received during this period, compared to $494,624.25 during the same time last year, which is an increase of 4.5 percent.

So far this year, The City of Brenham has received $6,360,034.26, compared to last year’s total at this time of $5,904,646.50, an increase of 7.71 percent.

For the City of Burton, $3,673.14 was received, compared to $2,756.18 this time last year, which is an increase of 33.26 percent.

The City of Burton to date has received $31,904.34, compared to 2014 at this time amount of $33,763.61, a decrease of 6.10 percent.