Hegar distributes $1.8B in sales tax allocations

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.07 billion in local sales tax allocations for January 2023, 7.6 percent more than in January 2022.

Castro County showed a positive change at 14.29%, collecting $21,764 compared to the 2022 figure of $19,042.

City manager Daniel Jackson said he spoke with the comptroller’s off…