Teague’s sales revenue continues to grow

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $817 million in local sales tax allocations for November, 5.4 percent more than in November 2017. These allocations are based on sales made in September by businesses that report tax monthly, and sales made in July, August and September by quarterly filers.

The cities reporting an increase in revenue for Freestone County are Streetman with a .72 percent change and Teague with a 14.69 percent increase for this month in the amount of $56,895.24. Streetman, Teague and Wortham are all reporting an increase but Fairfield returns to a negative report for the year with a 2.75 percent change in revenue.

Teague continues to expand the increase of revenue from a 2.79 percent increase YTD to a 3.99 percent increase YTD this month.

Wortham saw a decrease of 5.40 percent from this time last year but have a consistent increase YTD with 23.20 percent receiving a check for $15,675.50.

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