Longview sales tax revenues set record | Longview sales tax revenues set record | https://www.recenter.tamu.edu/news/newstalk-texas/?Item=8764 | 2012-12-14T14:06:00Z | 2012-12-13T00:00:00Z |
LONGVIEW - Sales tax revenues for Longview, Gregg County and a number of East Texas cities took a big turn in a positive direction this month.
Longview’s monthly sales tax revenues, up 19 percent from a year ago, set a record for the month. The city’s revenue was up more than $415,000 compared to December 2011, while Gregg County’s revenues were up 13 percent, or $159,000.
Longview will be receiving $2.594 million in sales tax revenues for the month, up from the $2.179 million it received a year ago.
Longview December sales tax comparisons
Year |
Distribution |
2012 |
$2.594 million |
2011 |
$2.179 million |
2010 |
$2.210 million |
2009 |
$1.968 million |
2008 |
$2.590 million |
2007 |
$2.042 million |
2006 |
$1.849 million |
2005 |
$1.696 million |
2004 |
$1.429 million |
Sales tax revenue comparisons
City |
Increase from
Dec. 2011 |
Kilgore |
25.24% |
Gladewater |
24.59% |
Longview |
19.06% |
White Oak |
16.93% |
Tyler |
10.46% |
Henderson |
10.26% |
December revenue to cities and counties is based on taxes collected in October, reported to the Texas Comptroller’s Office in November with the local share disbursed back to cities and counties in December.
State sales tax revenue in November was $2.34 billion, up 13.1 percent compared to a year ago.
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