Most Rockwall County cities report big gains in sales tax revenue

Brad Kellar, Rockwall County Herald-Banner, Greenville, Texas
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May 19—Most cities across Rockwall County reported strong sales tax rebate revenues for this month, while McLendon-Chisholm and Mobile City came up short.

All but one of the cities reported they were ahead in the amount of revenue collected for the fiscal year so far, as of April

The figures released May 10 reflect the portion of sales taxes collected at local businesses in March, which were reported to the Texas Comptroller's office in April.

Much of the state came out ahead.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said state sales tax revenue totaled $4.09 billion in April, 6.7 percent more than in April 2022.

"April sales tax revenue growth, moderately in excess of general price inflation, suggests economic expansion continues in spite of higher interest rates and fears of a recession," Hegar said. "The strongest growth continues to be from sectors primarily driven by business spending."

— Rockwall reported receiving approximately $3.54 million in sales tax rebate revenue this month, representing a 2.99% gain from the almost $3.44 million collected during May 2022. For the fiscal year, Rockwall has received $15.52 million, an increase of 8.11% from the same point last year.

— Royse City was to receive a sales tax payment of almost $722,000 this month, representing an 6.04% increase from the $680,000 collected in May 2022.

For the fiscal year so far, Royse City has taken in sales tax rebate revenue of more than $3.22 million, a 12.53% increase from the $2.86 million collected through May 2022.

— The city of Fate received more than $280,000 this month, an increase of 20.96% from the almost $232,000 it collected in May of last year. For the fiscal year, Fate has collected a little more than $1 million, representing an increase of 9.21%, or around $92,000 more than it received during the previous fiscal year

— The city of Heath reported receiving about $282,000 this month, which was 19.31% above the $236,000 collected in May 2022. For its fiscal year the city of Heath has received almost $1.38 million, an increase of 25.90% from the just over $1 million received through the same point one year earlier.

— The city of McLendon-Chisholm received a May sales tax rebate revenue payment of just over $52,000 from the Comptroller's Office, which represented a 41.27% decrease from the almost $89,000 received in May 2022. But the almost $406,000 received for the fiscal year so far represents an increase of 10.96% from the more than $365,000 the city had taken in during the previous year.

— Mobile City had received a little more than $5,700 this month, a decrease of 12.60% from the more than $6,500 collected in May 2022. For the year so far, Mobile City has received about $31,000, a dip of $27.45% from the more than$43,000 received during the previous fiscal year.