The city of Fulshear will collect $427,743.27 in sales tax revenue in May, a 10.2% increase compared to what the city collected in May 2019, according to figures released by the Texas comptroller of public accounts May 6.
The sales tax revenue cities will collect in May is based on sales that occurred in Fulshear in March. Social distancing guidelines and business restrictions were put in place in mid-March.
“I was pleasantly surprised as I think most of this is from the grocery stores and online purchases since we are participating in those sales now,” Wes Vela, city of Fulshear’s chief financial officer, said in an emailed statement. “This is just conjecture as we don’t the know any specifics at this point.”
Fulshear’s year-to-date data is also trending upward: The city of Fulshear collected $228,676 more—a 15.77% increase—for a total of $1.7 million in sales tax payments year to date in March 2019, according to the comptroller data.
