Sales taxes are beginning to slow down after Tropical Storm Harvey, but are still up across Orange County compared to pre-Harvey levels.
Harvey brought up to 60 inches of rain late last August and flooded thousands of houses. Sales taxes rose drastically as people began replacing their belongings and rebuilding.
The Texas Comptroller’s Office has issued to the entities payments for taxes covering July sales. All local entities saw an increase from July 2017.
The payments are:
Orange County (0.5 percent tax): $434,878 for the month and $4.07 million for the year to date, a 21.99 percent increase from the same time last year.
Bridge City (1.5 percent tax): $141,386 for the month and $1.38 million for the year to date, a 28.99 percent increase.
Orange (1.5 percent tax): $380,652 for the month and $4.1 million for the year to date, a 24.12 percent increase.
Pinehurst (1.5 percent tax): $51,600 for the month and $529,458 for the year to date, a 12.74 percent increase.
Vidor (1.5 percent tax): $229,276 for the month and $2.3 million for the year to date, a 15.12 percent increase.
West Orange (1.25 percent tax): $98,306 for the month and $948,000 for the year to date, a 8.98 percent increase.
County Emergency Services District No. 3 (Little Cypress Fire) (1.5 percent tax): $16,047 for the month and $145,825 for the year to date, a 8.78 percent increase.
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