Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced on March 11 that he will distribute $1.1 billion in local sales tax allocations to cities, counties, transit systems, and special purpose districts for the month of March. This amount represents a 2.1 percent increase compared to March 2025.
The allocations are based on sales made in January by businesses that report their taxes monthly. The distribution is divided among several types of local governments: cities will receive $683.3 million, which is a slight decrease of 0.3 percent from last year but up 2.4 percent year-to-date; transit systems will get $238.8 million, an increase of 6.8 percent from last March and up 2.9 percent for the year; counties are allocated $69.6 million, up 6.3 percent from last year and up 5.1 percent year-to-date; and special purpose districts will receive $112.3 million, marking a rise of 5.2 percent over last March and a year-to-date increase of 6.9 percent.
Hancock said these figures reflect ongoing economic activity across Texas communities as measured by taxable sales reported by businesses.
The Comptroller’s office provides detailed information about the monthly sales tax allocations to individual cities, counties, transit systems, and special purpose districts through its Monthly Sales Tax Allocation Comparison Summary Reports.
These distributions play an important role in supporting local government services throughout Texas.
