PRESS RELEASE: Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $1.2 Billion in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

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February 9, 2022

Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $1.2 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 $1.22 billion in local sales tax allocations for February, 16.4 percent more than in February 2021. These allocations are based on sales made in December by businesses that report tax monthly; October, November and December sales by quarterly filers; and 2021 sales by businesses that report tax annually.

LOCAL SALES TAX ALLOCATIONS (February 2022)
Recipient Feb. 2022
Allocations
Change from
Feb. 2021
Year-to-date
Change
Cities   
$789.4M 15.4% 19.7%
Transit Systems $258.4M 15.5% 20.7%
Counties $69.9M 14.6% 20.7%
Special Purpose Taxing Districts $106.6M 29.2% 30.6%
Total $1.22B 16.4% 20.9%

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.