The Texas Comptroller's Office released the most recent monthly payments to cities on June 10.
The June payment, which generally reflects sales during the month of April, shows Lewisville with a 13.44% decline compared with the same month a year ago. The city received roughly $3.8 million in sales tax revenue in June 2019 compared with roughly $3.2 million in June 2020.
Highland Village saw a 12.17% decline, with north of $394,000 in collections the year before and roughly $267,000 in 2020.
Flower Mound was the only one of the three cities to see an increase. The 1.7% growth was a shift from roughly $1.3 million in June 2019 to just below $1.4 million for the same month this year.
Widespread social distancing requirements were reported as the reason for the declines in sales tax collections across the state in a news release from the comptroller. Statewide year-over-year sales tax collections were down 11.7%, according to the comptroller’s office, the steepest year-over-year collection declines since September 2009.
Highland Village, Lewisville and Flower Mound took steps to adjust their budgets in anticipation of lower sales tax revenue, including canceling all non-required training and travel for employees, as previously reported by Community Impact Newspaper.
Year-over-year trends for Lewisville, Flower Mound and Highland Village can be seen below.
