For the third straight month, the City of Brownwood has seen an increase in sales tax revenue.  State Comptroller Susan Combs released sales tax allocation numbers for the month of December showing that Brownwood’s sales tax for the month was up 3.21% compared to December of last year.

For the year, Brownwood was down just over 3% compared to 2009, but the last few months of increases have greatly improved the numbers.

The City of Early saw a larger that normal drop for their December sales tax allocations.  Early was down more than 8% in December compared to the same month last year.   Early will finish the year down a total of 3.68% compared to 2009.

Statewide, Combs will send Texas cities December sales tax allocations of $290.9 million, up 4 percent compared to December 2009. During calendar year 2010, cities received $3.8 billion in sales tax revenue, up less than 1 percent compared to the previous year.

December sales tax allocations represent sales that occurred in October.

See the chart below for full sales tax numbers for Brown County cities.

 

City	Net Payment This Period	Comparable Payment Prior Year	% Change	2010 Payments To Date	2009 Payments To Date	% Change
Bangs	7,854.39	7,785.75	0.88%	115,808.31	130,106.89	-10.98%
Blanket	745.62	809.35	-7.87%	13,988.96	14,698.41	-4.82%
Brownwood	412,245.36	399,412.31	3.21%	5,455,930.86	5,629,025.90	-3.07%
Early	66,263.33	72,554.17	-8.67%	1,028,293.38	1,067,650.24	-3.68%