Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock has announced that Texas families are expected to save an estimated $133.2 million in state and local sales taxes during this year’s sales tax holiday, which runs Friday, August 8, through midnight Sunday, August 10. “Back-to-school costs can add up fast,” said Hancock, who announced this year’s projected savings during … Continue reading Back-to-school sales tax holiday this weekend
Tag: Sales Tax
July sales tax allocations sent to cities, counties
Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced last week that he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for July, 4.5% more than in July 2024. The City of Whitney's July allocation came to $83,758, up 12.15% compared to July of last year. To date in … Continue reading July sales tax allocations sent to cities, counties
State comptroller releases June 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 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
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
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
Whitney 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 $1.1 billion in local sales tax allocations for December, 2.5% more than in December 2022. The City of Whitney's December allocation was $79,961.06, up 11.78% over last year. Year-to-date figures show the city receiving $975,305.01 so … Continue reading Whitney sales tax revenue up in December
Local sales tax revenue strong in October
Editor: Shannon Cottongame October 20, 2022 Sales tax revenue in both the City of Whitney and Hill County was reported well above last year's numbers when Comptroller Glenn Hegar released his monthly report last week.The City of Whitney's October allocation came to $70,598, up 15% compared to last October. To date in 2022, the city's … Continue reading Local sales tax revenue strong in October
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