Austin, Round Rock sales tax figures up

The most recent report from Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar shows that Austin’s sales tax collections rose to nearly $29.3 million for November, a 2.24 percent increase over last year. Round Rock saw a 6.23 percent increase, rising from about $9 million to $9.6 million, according to the report released Wednesday. Overall, Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.1 billion in local sales tax allocations for January, up 3.3 percent above allocations for January 2023. The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority will receive more than $32 million, an increase of about 2.5 percent, the comptroller said. Of Texas’ 20 largest cities, only Midland and Odessa saw a decline in their sales tax revenues for November. Each collected about 5 percent less than they did a year ago. Houston will receive $71.6 million, about 2 percent more than at the same time last year, and San Antonio will get $38.9 million, about 1.32 percent more than a year ago.