May’s Sales Tax Revenue Breakdown For Hays County, Surrounding Central Texas Cities

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced yesterday he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $861.8 million in local sales tax allocations for May, 9.4 percent more than in May 2017.

These allocations are based on sales made in March by businesses that report tax monthly, and sales made in January, February and March by quarterly filers.

Take a look at what Hays County and your local Central Texas Cities collected in revenues and compare them to last month and last year.

• Local & County 2018 Monthly Totals •

MAY 2018 TOTAL – LOCAL CENTRAL TEXAS CITIES: $4,841,684.83

MAY 2018 TOTAL – HAYS COUNTY: $1,885,833.41

MAY 2018 COMBINED TOTAL: $6,727,518.24

APRIL 2018 (prior month) TOTAL – LOCAL CENTRAL TEXAS CITIES: $3,507,362.14

APRIL 2018 (prior month) TOTAL – HAYS COUNTY: $1,379,190.40 

APRIL 2018 (prior month) COMBINED TOTAL: $4,886,552.54

• Central Texas Cities & County 2018 Year To Date Totals •

2018 YEAR TO DATE TOTAL – LOCAL CENTRAL TEXAS CITIES: $18,528,790.78

2018 YEAR TO DATE TOTAL – HAYS COUNTY: $9,059,912.17

2018 YEAR TO DATE COUNTYWIDE COMBINED TOTAL: $27,588,702.95

• Monthly Breakdown •

• Interesting Stats & Facts — San Marcos •

• The City of San Marcos’ total outstanding debt as of August 31, 2016: $389,029,050 Million (does not include September 1, 2016 – March 8, 2018. Read more HERE);
  

• City of San Marcos Property Tax Rate: Rate .6139 cents per $100 of property valuation (This was as of San Marcos’ Oct. 1 2018 budget. Read more HERE);

• City of Austin Property Tax Rate: Rate .4448 cents per $100 of property valuation (This was as of Austin’s Oct. 1, 2018 Budget. Read more HERE)

Where does your local sales tax dollars go in San Marcos?

According to the San Marcos’ 2018 Final/Approved budget, the city collects one and one-half cents on every dollar spent on taxable goods and services within the City limits.

The State of Texas allows home rule cities like San Marcos to adopt a one-cent sales tax to support general governmental services.

Local voters authorized another half-cent in 1987 dedicated solely to the reduction of property taxes. The one and one half cents collected by the City represents the maximum they may adopt.

The half-cent sales tax alone is expected to generate $10,667,350 in the next fiscal year, a sum that is equivalent to 23.62 cents on the property tax rate.

Without the half-cent sales tax dedicated to property tax reduction, the city’s ad valorem tax rate would have to be 23.30 cents more, or 84.69 cents per $100 of assessed value, to support the programs and services provided to San Marcos residents.

• 10-YEAR SALES TAX COLLECTION HISTORY — SAN MARCOS •

• Review Sales Tax Reimbursement Reports – Last 12 Months •

• April 2018 Hays County and Local Municipalities
• March 2018 Hays County and Local Municipalities
• February 2018 Hays County and Local Municipalities
• January 2018 Hays County and Local Municipalities

• December 2017 Hays County And Local Government

• November 2017 Hays County & Local Governments Sales Tax Report
• October 2017 Hays County & Local Governments Sales Tax Report
• September 2017 Hays County & Local Governments Sales Tax Report
• August 2017 Hays County & Local Governments Sales Tax Report
• July 2017 Hays County & Local Governments Sales Tax Report
• June 2017 Hays County & Local Governments Sales Tax Report
• May 2017 Hays County & Local Governments Sales Tax Report

• Definitions •

• Net Payment This Period— The actual payment amount sent to the entity.
• Comparable Payment Prior Year— The actual payment amount sent to the entity in the same month or quarter last year.
• Percentage Change— percentThe percentage change in the actual payment amount sent this month compared with the payment amount sent in the same month last year.
• Payment YTD— The total amount of payments sent during the current calendar year to date.
• Prior Year Payments to Date— The total amount of payments sent during the same period for the previous calendar year to date.
• Prior-Year Payment YTD— The total amount of payments sent during the same period of the previous calendar year to date.
• Percentage Change — The percentage change in the total amount of payments sent during the current calendar year to date compared with the amount of payments sent during the same period for the previous calendar year to date.