Texas Counties To Receive Tax Allocations

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he would send cities, counties, transit systems and particular purpose taxing districts $651 million in local sales tax allocations for April. That is five percent more than in April 2017. Sales made in February by businesses that report tax monthly are the base of the distributions. Change comparable to payment in prior year – Bowie 6.61%, Camp -10.63%, Delta 26.00%, Fannin 9.10%, Franklin 9.34%, Hopkins 3.63%, Hunt 2.30%, Lamar -2.95%, Morris 8.72%, Rains -1.84%, Red River -15.11%, Titus -0.94%, Upshur 10.54%, and Wood -22.32%.