Though the percentages differ, all 10 of Hays County’s taxing municipalities posted gains in their sales tax allocations from the State Comptroller’s Office in the most recently-released figures.
San Marcos bounced back from a negative number in February, receiving a March rebate of $2,533,802.52, which is 3.57 percent higher than that of March 2018. March rebates reflect sales that occurred in January.
So far this year the city has received a total of $11,263,236.01, which is 5.14 percent higher than that allocated in the first three months of last year.
Elsewhere around the county:
- Buda: Monthly allocation of $541,607.10, a 14.13 percent over last year; year-to-date total is $1,733.219, up 4.39 percent.
- Dripping Springs: Monthly allocation of $183,818.21, a 24.76 percent increase over last year; year-to-date total is $652,493.19, up 17.75 percent.
- Hays City: Monthly allocation of $1,162.52, a 24.80 percent increase; year-to-date total is $3,884.90, down 20.87 percent.
- Kyle: Monthly allocation of $596,816.39, an 8.91 percent increase; year-to-date total is $2,055.932.04, up 5.42 percent.
- Mountain City: Monthly allocation is $1,829.44, a 10.82 percent increase; year-to-date total is $4,460.37, down 19.74 percent.
- Niederwald: Monthly allocation is $3,778.19, a 51.73 percent increase; year-to-date total is $11,285.04, up 23.91 percent.
- Uhland: Month allocation is $18,234.65, a 5.42 percent increase; year-to-date total is $50,851.76, down 2.73 percent.
- Wimberley: Monthly allocation $65,712.71, an 18.53 percent increase; year-to-date total is $227,850.10, up .98 percent.
- Woodcreek: Monthly allocation $4,328.08, a 26.76 percent increase; year-to-date total is $15,497.98, up 13.48 percent.
Statewide, Comptroller Glen Hegar said, allocations were running 6.1 percent ahead of March 2018. All told, Hegar’s office distributed $711.7 million in rebates.