Texas Comptroller Susan Combs released sales tax allocation numbers for December which showed a positive month for all Brown County municipalities.
Brownwood’s sales tax allocations for the month are up .27% over December of last year. The city is continuing to have positive gains closing out the year with a 5.22% total gain.
The City of Early experienced an increase of 4.4% in December’s allocations after experiencing a decline last month. Sales tax revenue for Early is down 2.22% year-to-date.
Statewide, Combs will send December sales tax allocations totaling $478.3 million to cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts, up 9.7 percent compared to December 2010
“Sales tax revenue in all major economic sectors improved over a year ago,” Combs said. “While sales tax receipts associated with oil and natural gas production remains the strongest source of growth, there were strong increases from the consumer-driven sectors of retail trade and restaurants.”
The sales tax figures represent sales that occurred in October.
See full numbers below for December allocations for Brownwood, Early, Bangs, and Blanket.
| City | Net Payment This Period |
Comparable Payment Prior Year |
% Change | 2011 Payments To Date |
2010 Payments To Date |
% Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangs | 9,209.08 | 7,854.39 | 17.24% | 120,937.24 | 115,808.31 | 4.42% |
| Blanket | 1,192.57 | 745.62 | 59.94% | 17,739.01 | 13,988.96 | 26.80% |
| Brownwood | 413,398.70 | 412,245.36 | 0.27% | 5,741,040.87 | 5,455,930.86 | 5.22% |
| Early | 69,205.52 | 66,263.33 | 4.44% | 1,005,452.13 | 1,028,293.38 | -2.22% |
