Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced last week that he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for June, 6.1% more than in June 2024. The City of Whitney's June allocation came to $88,369, up just under 1% compared to last June. So far in 2025, … Continue reading State comptroller releases June sales tax allocations
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Comptroller releases sales tax allocations
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.3 billion in local sales tax allocations for May, 4.5% more than in May 2024. The City of Whitney's May allocation was $94,826, up 5.70% compared to last May. Year to date, the city has taken in $429,751, up 8.21% from … Continue reading Comptroller releases sales tax allocations
Local sales tax revenue up in December
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced last week that he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for December, 6.8% more than in December 2023. The City of Whitney's December allocation was $88,887, up 11.16% compared to December 2023. Whitney's total payments for 2024 through December … Continue reading Local sales tax revenue up in December
Comptroller issues sales tax allocations
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced last week that he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for November, 1.1% more than in November 2023. The City of Whitney's November payment totaled $90,573, up just over 1% from last November, and the year-to-date amount was reported … Continue reading Comptroller issues sales tax allocations
State comptroller distributes monthly sales tax revenue
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced last week that he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for August, 0.3% less than in August 2023. Hill County's net payment this period was $398,358, up 5.47% from August of last year. Year to date, the county's allocations … Continue reading State comptroller distributes monthly sales tax revenue
Back-to-school tax holiday marks 25th year Aug. 9-11
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding shoppers they can save money on clothes and school supplies during the state’s sales tax holiday on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 9-11. This will be the 25th year of Texas’ oldest sales tax holiday. State law exempts sales tax on qualified items — such as clothing, footwear, school … Continue reading Back-to-school tax holiday marks 25th year Aug. 9-11
Whitney sales tax revenue up for March, year to date
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced last week that he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $980.9 million in local sales tax allocations for March, 2.2% less than in March 2023. The City of Whitney's March sales tax revenue totaled $71,076.54, up 12.87% from last March. For the first three months of … Continue reading Whitney sales tax revenue up for March, year to date
State comptroller visits Hillsboro for second annual county summit
Editor: Shannon Cottongame April 12, 2023 Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar discussed his recent state budget projections, broadband expansion and other duties of his office at the Hill County Summit held at Hill College last week. Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar was in Hillsboro Wednesday, April 5, and spoke to local residents about state … Continue reading State comptroller visits Hillsboro for second annual county summit
Annual sales tax holiday set for this weekend statewide
Editor: Shannon Cottongame August 4, 2021 Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding shoppers they can save money on clothes and school supplies during the state’s sales tax holiday on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 6-8. State law exempts sales tax on qualified items — such as clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks — priced below … Continue reading Annual sales tax holiday set for this weekend statewide
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