Abilene sales tax receipts up 10 percent
ABILENE – Sales tax receipts for Abilene this month, which reflect February sales, totaled $3,208,852, which is 4.15 percent above April 2012 numbers, and 9.68 percent above the projected fiscal year 2013 budget amount, the city’s finance department said.
Statewide, the latest tax collection totaled $1.98 billion, up 5.5 percent compared with the same period a year prior. The state’s sales tax revenue has increased for 36 consecutive months.
State Comptroller Susan Combs will send April tax allocations totaling $521.9 million, up 6.8 percent from last year, to cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts.
There were mixed showings of receipts for some other cities in the Big Country:
| Cities | Change | Sales Tax Receipts |
| Albany | -0.51% | $53,846 |
| Anson | 2.26% | $22,848 |
| Breckenridge | -2.98% | $124,438 |
| Brownwood | 2.73% | $471,679 |
| Buffalo Gap | -31.24% | $6,753 |
| Coleman | 6.65% | $56,949 |
| Merkel | 41.29% | $26,584 |
| Tuscola | -28.64% | $3,296 |
For cities and counties, see the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Read more at the Abilene Reporter-News.
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