Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar distributed $510.7 million in local sales tax allocations to Texas cities Dec. 11, 2.5% less than the allocations for December 2019, according to a press release.
Roanoke received almost 22% more in allocations in December than it did in 2019, while Keller saw a more modest increase of 6.3%. Fort Worth was the only one of the three cities to collect less in sales tax revenue than the year before.
How much a city makes in sales tax revenue can help indicate economic trends, and this year's trends were shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The five cities that collected the most sales tax revenue, including Dallas and Fort Worth, received less than they did in 2019. Fort Worth, which collected $13.7 million in December and $165 million to date, received 0.15% less than last year. Dallas, however, fared worse, losing 2.49% in sales tax revenue compared to 2019.
