The state comptroller’s office has announced that statewide, the sales taxes were up 7.5 percent for this August compared to the same time last year. Even Pinehurst had an increase in sales tax collections for August. Pinehurst, which has had steady drops in monthly sales tax receipts, is getting $50,421 this month, an extra $997 in sales taxes from last year. Still the city remains slightly behind in the year-to-date comparisons. Pinehurst, Orange, Bridge City and Vidor have a 1.5 percent sales tax, as does the Orange County Emergency Services District No. 3 for the Little Cypress area. The city of West Orange has a 1.25 percent sales tax while Orange County has a 0.5 percent sales tax. A spokesman for the comptroller’s office said unusually large increases or decrease are the result of quarterly payments or because of corrections in past mistakes in which the money was sent to another entity. The receipts for the month and year to date are:
- Bridge City: $107,178 for the month, a 20 percent increase. $1.008 million for the year to date, a 9.13 percent increase:
- Orange: $296,415 for the month, a 23.4 percent increase. $2.72 million for the year to date, a 5.21 percent increase.
- Pinehurst: $50,421 for the month, a 2 percent increase. $522,852 for the year to date, a decrease of 2.7 percent from last year.
- Vidor: $187,617 for the month, a 24 percent increase. $1.83 million for the year to date, a 9.92 percent increase.
- West Orange: $78,143 for the month, a 4.84 percent increase. $816,587 for the year to date, a 7.33 percent increase.
- ESD No. 3: $30,681 for the month and $291,597 for the year to date.
- Orange County: $417,300 for the month, a 28.98 percent increase. $3.5 million for the year to date, a 1.83 percent increase.
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