FEBRUARY SALES TAX REBATES UP FOR BRENHAM, DOWN FOR WASHINGTON CO., BURTON

  

Sales and tax distributions were only up for Brenham this month out of the reporting taxing entities in Washington County.

Brenham’s rebate in February totaled $700,127, up 2.82 percent from last February’s payment of $680,920.  So far in 2021, the city has received $1,272,936, compared to the $1,219,398 it received through this point in 2020, an increase of 4.39 percent.

Washington County received $311,737 this month, down 0.9 percent from when it received $314,569 last February.  To date, the county has received $561,291, up 2.4 percent from the $548,093 it had received at this time last year.

Burton’s February rebate was $8,848, down 8.95 percent from the $9,719 it received last February.  So far this year, the city has received $15,484, 4.54 percent down from last year’s payment-to-date of $16,221.

Comptroller Glenn Hegar reported that the state paid out $1.05 billion in local sales tax allocations in February, up 0.7 percent from last February and up 1.5 percent for the year so far.