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Acting Controller Kelly Hancock. Source: Comptroller.texas.gov

Comptroller distributes $1.1B in monthly sales tax revenue

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.1 billion in local sales tax allocations for March, 2.1 percent more than in March 2025.These allocations are based on sales made in January by businesses that report tax monthly.How did other cities fare? Through a comparative lens between the same reporting period last year (March 2025) and this year (March 2026), certain cities saw some changes.Here’s a look at some cities:• Austin up 4.29 percent• Brownsville up 0.34 percent• Dallas up 1.51 percent• El Paso up 5.31 percent• Houston down 24.77 percent• ...

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