Brownwood Sees Positive Sales Tax Allocations for December

The City of Brownwood experienced an increase in sales tax allocations for the month of December, with a gain of 4.58% compared to December of last year.  Despite the drop in sales tax allocations for November, Brownwood bounced back and has still seen an increase in year-to-date numbers as compared to that of 2011.

The City of Early had the largest increase of 14.17% in sales tax allocations for December compared to last year at this time.  Blanket saw a decrease of -7.85%, and Bangs was down just slightly at -0.39% for the same timeframe last year.

Statewide, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs will send December local sales tax allocations totaling $611.5 million to cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts, up 5.4 percent compared to December 2011.

“Gains across major sectors boosted state sales tax revenue,” Combs said. “Collections were strong in sectors such as retail trade, manufacturing, oil and natural gas, construction and telecommunications.”

December sales tax allocations represent monthly sales made in October.

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said today that state sales tax revenue in November was $2.34 billion, up 13.1 percent compared to November 2011.

See December sales tax allocation numbers for Brown County cities in the chart below.