PRESS RELEASE: Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $1.05 Billion in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

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February 10, 2021

Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $1.05 Billion in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $1.05 billion in local sales tax allocations for February, 0.7 percent more than in February 2020. These allocations are based on sales made in December by businesses that report tax monthly; October, November and December sales by quarterly filers; and 2020 sales by businesses that report tax annually. 

LOCAL SALES TAX ALLOCATIONS (Feb. 2021)
Recipient Feb. 2021
Allocations
Change from
Feb. 2020
Year-to-date
Change
Cities   
$684.1M ↑1.7% ↑2.4%
Transit Systems $223.8M ↓1.5% ↓1.4%
Counties $61.0M ↓3.6% ↓3.3%
Special Purpose Taxing Districts $82.5M ↑2.5% ↑6.0%
Total $1,051.3M ↑0.7% ↑1.5%

For details on February sales tax allocations to individual cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts, visit the Comptroller’s Monthly Sales Tax Allocation Comparison Summary Reports.