Rebate up across much of county

Eight of Hays County’s 10 taxing municipalities saw double-digit increases in the monthly sales tax rebate from the State Comptroller’s Office. One saw a smaller increase and one, a double-digit deficit.

Concerning San Marcos, the allocation for April was $2,591,988.49, up 13.59 percent over the $2.281.831.68 allocated in April of last year. So far this year the city has received $13,855,224.50, which is an increase of 6.62 percent over the first four months of 2018. San Marcos’ sales tax is 1.5 percent.

Here’s how everyone else fared: