Three-fourths of county sees first quarter sales tax allocations decline

Six of eight, or 75 percent, of Orange County entities collecting the state sales tax received a smaller sales tax allocation than the first quarter of 2021, according to just released figures provided by the State Comptroller’s office. Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said he sent cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for…