LG Sales Tax Up for Month But Still Down for the Year

Making sense of Texas sales tax numbers is almost as difficult as understanding the COV-ID-19 numbers. Cities and counties got their August sales tax rebates from Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar last week and considering the pandemic’s effects on businesses, numbers look good for most. Of the 24 area towns tracked by the Record, sales tax revenue is actually up from a year ago for two-thirds of…