Gonzales County sees increase in sales tax allocations for May

Sales tax allocations for all four Gonzales County cities were up again this month, according to Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s office.

Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for May, 4.3 percent more than in May 2022.

These allocations are based on sales made in March by businesses that report tax monthly and sales made in January, February and March by quarterly filers.

For the month of May 2023, Gonzales County municipalities received a combined $333,596.78 in sales tax allocations, up $14,54157 or nearly 4.56 percent more than the $319,055.21 received during May 2022.

For the year, county municipalities have received $1,577,749.67, an increase of $104,510.42 or almost 7.1 percent above the $1,473,239.25 received through the first five months of 2022.

Sales tax allocations for Gonzales, the largest city in the county which generates the lion’s share of sales tax revenue, were $288,129.58, up $7,321.37 or 2.66 percent above the $274,808.21 received during May 2022.

This sets a new record for the month of May in Gonzales and is the eighth best month on record for the city since the Comptroller’s Office began keeping track of sales tax allocations.

For the year, the city has received $1,333,712.40, up $53,681.93 or 4.19 percent, above the $1,280.030.47 received at this same point in 2022.

Waelder received a total of $12,486.23, up 65.58 percent or $4,943.74, above the $7,540.49 received in May 2022. This is the second-best total for sales tax allocations for any month in Waelder history, a little less than $3,900 behind the record $16,327.73 the city received last month.+

For the year, Waelder has received $59,701.37, up $27,293.49, or 84.21 percent, above the $32,407.88 received at this point in 2022. In the past two months, the city has collected $28,813.96 and the city is just $25,075.20 off the record $84,776.57 it received in all of 2022.

Sales tax receipts for Nixon were $35,548.12, up $1,439.01, or 4.21 percent, above the $34,109.11 received in May 2022. For the year, the city has received $169,310.16, up $20,937.52, or 14.11 percent, above the $148,372.64 received at this same point last year.

Finally, Smiley’s sales tax receipts were $3,432.85, up $835.45, or 32.16 percent, from the $2,597.40 received in May 2022. For the year, the city has received $15,025.74, up $2,597.48 or 20.89 percent above the $12,428.26 received in the first five months of 2022.

Three cities in Gonzales County — Gonzales, Nixon and Waelder — collect a 1.5 percent sales tax rate, while Smiley collects a 1 percent sales tax.