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City Sales Tax
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced last week that he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $1.04 billion in local sales tax allocations for February, 9.4 percent more than in February 2019. Of that amount, $39,235.77 will be sent to the City of Howe. That number is an increase one percent increase over last year’s February total which was the largest amount in the city’s history.
These allocations are based on
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City February
Sherman Denison Gainesville Anna Celina Melissa Bonham Van Alstyne Whitesboro Pottsboro Southmayd Whitewright
Howe
Leonard Gunter Collinsville Bells Tioga Tom Bean Oak Ridge Savoy Ector Dorchester $2,579,365.40 $781,381.08 $728,996.35 $321,464.38 $316,129.10 $306,825.88 $219,516.80 $158,937.91 $151,167.43 $67,163.73 $55,355.96 $46,756.02
$39,235.77
$38,128.71 $35,023.77 $27,055.75 $26,502.95 $23,002.38 $14,324.74 $7,352.75 $6,380.90 $2,816.30 $1,076.42 sales made in December by businesses that report tax monthly; October, November and December sales by quarterly filers; and 2019 sales by businesses that report tax annually. Christmas shopping that typically occurs in November was shifted into December due to the relatively late date of Thanksgiving 2019, helping make this month’s allocations substantially higher than in previous months, a trend that is not expected to continue.
City 2020
Sherman Denison Gainesville Anna Celina Melissa Bonham Van Alstyne Whitesboro Pottsboro Southmayd Whitewright
Howe
Leonard Gunter Collinsville Bells Tioga Tom Bean Oak Ridge Savoy Ector Dorchester $4,359,111.35 $1,443,005.07 $1,350,329.25 $568,679.26 $563,359.92 $546,525.35 $391,946.55 $276,271.69 $252,104.07 $118,312.08 $100,120.86 $81,188.18
$68,650.55
$67,082.68 $62,263.49 $48,318.21 $43,832.08 $36,366.46 $22,921.50 $14,878.40 $10,424.59 $4,421.92 $2,010.97
