Texas comptroller distributes more than $1 billion in monthly sales tax revenue to local governments

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced May 12 he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $1.06 billion in local sales tax allocations for May, 28.4% more than in May 2020 and 21.9% more than in May 2019.

These allocations are based on sales made in March by businesses that report tax monthly and sales made in January, February and March by quarterly filers.