The Texas State Comptroller’s office released sales tax information for the month of September.
The allocations for most of the area have been seeing a decrease as compared to last year except for Bangs. They are up in sales tax revenue allocation for the month and so far for the year.
Brownwood saw a drop of over 9% for the month compared to September 2008 and about 3% for the year compared to the same period last year.
Below is the sales tax information from the comptroller’s office for Bangs, Blanket, Brownwood, and Early
| County/City | Current Rate |
Net Payment This Period |
Comparable Payment Prior Year |
% Change | 2009 Payments To Date |
2008 Payments To Date |
% Change |
|---|
| Bangs | 1.750% | 11,112.53 | 9,914.68 | 12.08% | 99,696.90 | 94,964.04 | 4.98% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanket | 1.250% | 750.04 | 1,208.79 | -37.95% | 11,066.82 | 10,322.70 | 7.20% |
| Brownwood | 2.000% | 432,710.05 | 476,735.30 | -9.23% | 4,279,456.61 | 4,412,649.33 | -3.01% |
| Early | 2.000% | 84,486.53 | 97,723.85 | -13.54% | 810,688.78 | 824,218.81 | -1.64% |