Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar has announced state sales tax revenue totaled $2.67 billion in June, 6.5 percent less than in June 2019. Total sales tax revenue for the three months ending in June 2020 was down 9.7 percent compared to the same period a year ago. Texas collected the following revenue from other major taxes:
- Motor vehicle sales and rental taxes – $394 million, down 7.6 percent from June 2019, a substantial improvement from results in April and May;
- Motor fuel taxes – $250 million, down 24 percent from June 2019;
- Natural gas production tax – $20 million, down 84 percent from June 2019;
- Oil production tax – $83 million, down 77 percent from June 2019;
- Hotel occupancy tax – $23 million, down 61 percent from June 2019, an improvement from the record decline in May; and
- Alcoholic beverage taxes – $65 million, down 47 percent from June 2019, significantly better than May’s results.
For details on all monthly collections, visit the Comptroller’s Monthly State Revenue Watch.