State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $4.1 Billion in December
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced state sales tax revenue totaled $4.1 billion in December, 1 percent more than in December 2023. Total sales tax revenue for the three months ending in December 2024 was up 3.7 percent compared with the same period a year ago. Sales tax is the largest source of state funding for the state budget, accounting for 58 percent of all tax collections.
Texas collected the following revenue from other major taxes:
- motor vehicle sales and rental taxes — $583 million, up 12 percent from December 2023;
- motor fuel taxes — $313 million, down 1 percent from December 2023;
- oil production tax — $431 million, down 14 percent from December 2023;
- natural gas production tax — $214 million, up 25 percent from December 2023;
- hotel occupancy tax — $61 million, up 47 percent from December 2023; and
- alcoholic beverage taxes — $150 million, up 10 percent from December 2023.
For details on all monthly collections, visit the Comptroller’s Monthly State Revenue Watch.
Comptroller Distributes $1.1 Billion in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.1 billion in local sales tax allocations for January, 0.3 percent more than in January 2024. These allocations are based on sales made in November by businesses that report tax monthly.
For details on January sales tax allocations to individual cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts, visit the Comptroller’s Monthly Sales Tax Allocation Comparison Summary Reports.
