Sales tax allocations for Gonzales increase in August

Sales tax allocations for the city of Gonzales for August increased by 2.57 percent above the amount the city received for August 2022, according to Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s office.

Meanwhile, Waelder set a new record for sales tax collection in a single year — and there are still four months left to go in the calendar year.

Unfortunately, both Nixon and Smiley saw a decrease in sales tax revenue for the month despite it being one where allocations were based not just on sales made in June by businesses that report tax monthly, but also on sales made in April, May and June by quarterly filers.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar sent cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for August, 2.8 percent more than in August 2022.

For the month of August 2023, Gonzales County municipalities received a combined $347,655.30 in sales tax allocations, up just $8,031.35 or 2.36 percent more than the $339,623.95 received during August 2022.

For the year, county municipalities have received $2,544,134.50, an increase of $128,273.45 or 5.31 percent above the $2,415,861.05 received through the first eight 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 $299,398.99, up $7,519.94 or 2.57 percent above the $291,879.05 received during August 2022.

For the year, the city has received $2,155,316.17, up $53,790.09 or 2.55 percent, above the $2,101,526.08 received at this same point in 2022.

Waelder received a total of $10,722.64, up 80.63 percent or $4,786.47, above the $5,936.17 received in August 2022. For the year, Waelder has received $92,153.64, up $40,972.07, or 80.05 percent, above the $51,181.57 received at this point in 2022. The city has smashed the record $84,776.57 it received in all of 2022 and still has allocations coming in September, October, November and December.

Sales tax receipts for Nixon were $34,703.39, down $484.34, or 1.37 percent, below the $35,187.73 received in August 2022. The city received $1,302.20 less in August than it did in July, which included sales taxes collected during the Feather Fest on Cinco de Mayo in May.

For the year, the city has received $271,092.22, up $31,535.02, or 13.16 percent, above the $239,557.20 received at this same point last year.

Finally, Smiley’s sales tax receipts were $2,830.28, down $3,790.72, or 57.25 percent, from the $6,621 received in August 2022. For the year, the city has received $25,572.47, up $1,976.27 or 8.37 percent above the $23,596.20 received in the first eight 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.