San Marcos sees decrease in sales tax allocation

San Marcos saw a nearly 30% sales tax allocation decrease in April compared to last year. 

State Comptroller Glenn Hegar distributed $677.3 million in local sales tax allocations for April to cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose tax districts. The comptroller’s office stated that this was a 3.5% statewide decrease compared to April 2020. 

San Marcos received a sales tax payment of $1,833,623.53 this period — a 29.83% decrease compared to last April when it received a payment of $2,613,313.97.