LOCAL SALES TAX REBATES CONTINUE TO FALL

  

Local sales tax rebates continue to run behind last year’s pace.

This month’s rebate for the City of Brenham was $496,622, down 2.8 percent from the September of 2015 rebate of $510,978.

For the year, the city has received $4,619,092, down 3.8 percent from $4,799,858 in 2015.

In Washington County, this month’s rebate of $197,556, was down 5.2 percent from last September’s $208,356.

Payments for the year, total $1,949,398, down 3.7 percent from 2015’s $2,021,525.

Burton’s rebate for the month was $2,701, which is up 10.5 percent from last September’s $2,525.

Burton has received $28,280 this year, up 2.2 percent from 2015 at $23,174.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said his office has sent out $629.2 million in local sales tax rebates for September, 1.4 percent less than in September of last year.

These allocations are based on sales made in July by businesses that report tax monthly.