Sales tax figures get slight bump
The office of Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar released its monthly sales tax revenue figures for the month Sept. 8, indicating that four out of six county cities had collected more revenues when comparing September 2016 figures with those posted for the same calendar month in 2015.
The news was welcome relief, as only Canton was able to pull off the trick during the month of October.
Grand Saline was the county’s biggest gainer in both dollar figure and percentage change for the month, receiving a payment of $62,753.38. That total was $18,178.98 or 40.78 percent higher than the $44,574.40 received in September 2015.
Edgewood also found itself firmly in the gains column, watching their sales tax revenue figures climb 10.63 percent higher than the $16,334.18 collected last year up to $18,070.17.
