PRESS RELEASE: Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $1.1 Billion in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

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November 10, 2021

Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $1.1 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 $1.07 billion in local sales tax allocations for November, 20.6 percent more than in November 2020.

These allocations are based on sales made in September by businesses that report tax monthly, and on sales made in July, August and September by quarterly filers.

LOCAL SALES TAX ALLOCATIONS (Nov. 2021)
Recipient Nov. 2021
Allocations
Change from
Nov. 2020
Year-to-date
Change
Cities  
$697.8M 19.5% 14.5%
Transit Systems $225.8M 20.9% 13.2%
Counties $62.3M 18.8% 8.6%
Special Purpose Taxing Districts $88.0M 30.4% 18.9%
Total $1.07B 20.6% 14.2%

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