Local Sales Taxes Soar in May; Round Top Triples Last Year’s

Maybe it was the stimulus checks that did it. Maybe it was the Spring Antiques Fair. Whatever the cause, Fayette County towns saw a tidal wave of retail sales in March. Those sales, reported to the state in April, resulted in big increases in May sales tax rebates. Round Top’s May check from State Comptroller Glenn Hegar was more than three times what it got last May ($59,434 compared to $14…