The drop in sales tax returns to local entities is slowing down, according to statistics from the Texas Comptroller’s Office covering sales for March.
Sales taxes across the county began big jumps after Hurricane Harvey flooded the county in late August 2017. It took more than a year for the sales taxes to return to normal, but the comparisons to months of 2018 show drops.
Sales tax payments to the entities covering March are:
Bridge City (1.5 percent tax): $33,535 for the month compared to $31,570 for 2018, an increase of 6.22 percent. $148,105 for the year to date compared to $151,078 for 2018, a decrease of 1.96 percent.
Orange (1.5 percent tax): $529,614 for the month compared to $547,733 in 2018, a decrease of 3.3 percent. $2.13 million for the year to date compared to 2.38 million in 2018, a decrease of 10.5 percent.
Pinehurst (1.5 percent tax): $60,541 for the month compared to $66,639 for the year to date, a decrease of 9.15 percent. $293,000 for the year to date compared to $300,727 in 2018, a decrease of 2.56 percent.
Vidor (1.5 percent tax): $310,800 for the month compared to $307,733 in 2018, an increase of 0.99 percent. $1.29 million for the year to date compared to $1.3 million for 2018, a decrease of 0.12.
West Orange (1.25 percent tax): $102,221 for the month compared to $124,714 for 2018, a decrease of 18 percent. $493,491 for the year to date compared to $562,784 for 2018, a decrease of 12.31 percent.
Orange County (0.5 percent tax): $502,556 for the month copared to $523,444 in 2018, a decrease of 3.99 percent. $2.22 million for the year to date compared to $2.33 million in 2018, a decrease of 4.52 percent.
Orange County Emergency Services District 3 (Little Cypress) (1.5 percent tax): $14,282 for the month compared to $19,338 for 2018, a decrease of 26.14 percent. $72,690 for the year to date compared to $83,393 for 2018, a decrease of 12.83 percent.
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