Lackluster July sales tax checks returned to local collecting entities put the group of 16 down by a combined 3.38 percent for the month, but the combined year-to-date total is still remaining at, or above, last year’s pace.
That’s according to a recent report released by the Texas Office of the Comptroller on its Web site.
The City of Corsicana and Navarro County — No. 1 and 2 in the county, respectively, in collecting the sales tax — each posted declines of more than 3 percent in July. Corsicana was down 3.9 percent for the month, while the county slid 3.25 percent.
But Corsicana’s $2.9 million total so far in 2008 is up about a half-percentage point and Navarro County’s $1.04 million is ahead of last year by more than 1.1 percent.
In light of soaring gasoline prices, holding steady is good news. But, coupled with the fact that July’s checks to the collecting entities reflect sales in collections in May and reported in June, the latest comptroller’s office report may well be an offshoot of those gasoline prices hitting full force on area pocketbooks.
June’s report saw a 7.68 percent compared to the same, 2007 month and brought the 2008 year-to-date total about 1.5 percent ahead of the previous year’s pace.
The latest report cuts that increase back.
Next month’s sales tax numbers are expected to be released Friday, Aug. 8.
Other area sales tax numbers of note:
• Angus posted a 14 percent increase in July but remains 6.25 percent behind last year’s pace after the first seven months of the year.
• Kerens’ 10.48 percent increase in the latest report helps keep its 2008 pace up by more than 13 percent. Kerens is No. 3 of the 16 entities collecting the sales tax.
• Blooming Grove is up 17.64 percent for the year, but saw a slide of 10.69 percent for July’s return.
• Rice slid 28.82 percent, but that city remains 3.33 percent ahead of 2007’s year-to-date total.
—————
Loyd Cook may be reached via e-mail at lcook@corsicanadailysun.com
Latest News
Sales tax keeps pace
- Latest News
-
-
Bench ceremony honors Lisa Miller — tireless worker, clogger
Numbering almost three dozen, friends of Lisa Miller came out Thursday as the Main Street Advisory Board honored the former Corsicana Visitor Center employee with a downtown bench.
“Even though she wasn’t from here, she embraced Corsicana,” one said. -
P&Z denies oil well variance
After meeting behind closed doors for nearly two hours, the Navarro County Lake Planning and Zoning Commission turned down a variance request to drill an oil well within 600 feet of a subdivision around Richland-Chambers Lake.
-
Scouts launch annual food drive
Scouts from Corsicana Pack 253 will be joining the Circle Ten Council Boy Scouts of America kicks off its 23rd annual Scouting for Food Drive on Feb. 11 through Feb. 18.
-
Church News
News and announcements submitted by area congregations.
Straight Way Missionary Baptist Church, 400 S. 15th, will celebrate Black History Month at 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012
-
Local Beat for 2/10/12
A listing of meetings and events of interest from throughout Navarro County.
-
Judge slams critics of Texas school prayer ruling
A federal judge blasted by Newt Gingrich and other conservatives for his ruling that prohibited prayer at a Texas high school graduation is firing back in accepting a settlement to the case.
-
Top Texas officials warn of power plant shortages
The private companies that generate electricity in Texas are not building enough new capacity to meet the state's needs.
-
Downed airplane located near Lake Palestine
The Henderson County Sheriff's Office and Texas Department of Public Safety Game Wardens assisted in locating an plane that went down in Lake Palestine early Thursday. The Department of Public Safety is investigating the crash.
-
Viral video: Grizzly bear cub, wolf cub play together
It’s like something out of a children's book: A bear cub meets a wolf cub and they become the best of friends. Even though they are different species and ferocious predators, the unlikely couple stays pals for life.
-
First lady comes to North Texas to promote fitness
First lady Michelle Obama spends the next two days in North Texas as she makes a three-day national tour to promote childhood fitness and the battle against childhood obesity.
- More Latest News Headlines
-
Obama Gives Education Waivers to 10 States
Giffords Aide to Run for Her Seat
LA School in Sex Abuse Scandal Reopens
Winter Slamming North Asia, Parts of Europe
Syrian Forces Renew Bombardment of Homs
States, Banks Reach Foreclosure-abuse Settlement
Raw Video: Italy's Mount Etna Bursts Into Life
Greeks March; Angry Despite Debt Deal
Raw Video: U.S. Pullout Celebration
Raw Video: Annual Empire State Building Run-Up
Man Killed in Courthouse Shootout
Air Force Airlines: Leaders Get Polished Service
Ga Girl Fights Off Kidnapper at Walmart
Nevada Highway Patrol, City Settle Beating Case
Homs Bombardment Continues, Global Outcry Grows
Raw Video: Dog Rescued From Icy Colo. Water
Skip the Coffee Cup and Inhale Your Caffeine Fix
