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Abilene Sales Tex Revenue Up for the Year

By: BigCoumntryHomePage.com Staff
Updated: August 8, 2012
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs announced today that state sales tax revenue for the state in July was $2.05 billion, up 10.1 percent compared to July 2011. 

Combs will send August local sales tax allocations totaling $632.1 million to cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts.

Abilene has seen a 9.21 percent decline in sales tax revenue this period compared to last year, with a difference of $371,972.70.

However, for 2012, Abilene has increased sales tax revenue by 9.81 percent, a difference of $2,504,707.79.

This puts Abilene ahead of the state as a whole. August sales tax allocations for the state are up only 4.2 percent compared to August 2011.

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