Texas Comptroller Susan Combs released sales tax allocation numbers for November which showed another increase in sales tax revenue for the City of Brownwood, but a small drop for the City of Early.

Brownwood’s sales tax allocations for the month are up 4% over November of last year.   The city is continuing to have positive gains with a 5.62% increase year-to-date.

The City of Early experienced a decline of 2.2% in November allocations after experiencing a big increase last month. Sales tax revenue for Early is down 2.68% year-to-date.

Statewide, Combs will send November sales tax allocations totaling $580.1 million to cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts, up 7.1 percent compared to November 2010.

“Strong growth in business sectors such as the oil and natural gas industry boosted sales tax revenue for yet another month,” Combs said. “State sales tax revenue has now increased for 19 consecutive months. Sales tax also grew in the manufacturing industry, as well as consumer sectors such as the restaurant industry and retail trade.”

The sales tax figures represent September sales reported by monthly tax filers and July, August and September sales reported by quarterly filers.

See full numbers below for November allocations for Brownwood, Early, Bangs, and Blanket.

City	Net Payment This Period	Comparable Payment Prior Year	% Change	2011 Payments To Date	2010 Payments To Date	% Change
Bangs	15,172.01	14,500.47	4.63%	111,728.16	107,953.92	3.49%
Blanket	1,985.51	1,947.77	1.93%	16,546.44	13,243.34	24.94%
Brownwood	570,613.17	548,653.08	4.00%	5,327,642.17	5,043,685.50	5.62%
Early	98,742.19	100,971.58	-2.20%	936,246.61	962,030.05	-2.68%