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:
- Buda: Monthly rebate $578,673.97, up 21.74 percent. Year to date total: $2,311,893.28, up 8.25 percent. Buda’s sales tax is 1.5 percent.
- Dripping Springs: Monthly rebate $213,123.59, up 43.07 percent. Year to date total: $867,616.78, up 23.15 percent. Dripping Springs’ tax rate is 1.25 percent.
- Hays City: Monthly rebate $796.23, down 15.11 percent. Year to date total: $4,681.13, down 19.94 percent. Hays City’s sales tax rate is 1 percent.
- Kyle: Monthly rebate $661.430.59, up 27.26 percent. Year to date total: $2,717.362.73, up 10.02 percent. Kyle’s sales tax rate is 1.5 percent.
- Mountain City: Monthly rebate $1,466.38, up 2.93 percent. Year to date total: $5,926.75, down 15.11 percent. Mountain City’s sales tax rate is 1 percent.
- Niederwald: Monthly rebate $3664.30, up 53.15 percent. Year to date total: $14,929.34, up 29.97 percent. Niederwald’s sales tax rate is 1 percent.
- Uhland: Monthly rebate $17,994,19, up 24 percent. Year to date total: $68,845.95, up 3.07 percent. Uhland’s sales tax rate is 1.5 percent.
- Wimberley: Monthly rebate $75,584.26, up 30.96 percent. Year to date total: $303,434.36, up 7.09 percent. Wimberley’s sales tax rate is 1 percent.
- Woodcreek: Monthly rebate $4,337.69, up 36.49 percent. Year to date total: $16,833.97, up 17.83 percent. Woodcreek’s sales tax rate is 1 percent.
Statewide, Comptroller Glenn Hegar said, municipal allocations were up by 8.4 percent. April rebates are based on sales that occurred in February.
