This Week’s News: Sales Tax Collections down 9%
Comptroller Releases Sales Tax Update. On May 2, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said state sales tax revenue totaled $2.58 billion in April, 9.3 percent less than in April 2019 and the steepest decline since January 2010. Next month’s remittances likely will show steeper declines compared to a year ago, as the effects of both the…