Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced that state sales tax revenue totaled $3.8 billion in February, 4.3 percent more than in February 2024. The majority of February sales tax revenue is based on sales made in January and remitted to the agency in February.
Texas collected the following revenue from other major taxes:
- motor vehicle sales and rental taxes — $650 million, up 11 percent from February 2024;
- motor fuel taxes — $310 million, up 2 percent from February 2024;
- oil production tax — $486 million, up 6 percent from February 2024;
- natural gas production tax — $221 million, up 19 percent from February 2024;
- hotel occupancy tax — $57 million, down 2 percent from February 2024; and
- alcoholic beverage taxes — $128 million, down less than 1 percent from February 2024.
For details on all monthly collections, visit the Comptroller’s Monthly State Revenue Watch.
The full press release can be found here.
