Texas sales tax revenue down 11 percent in June - Dallas Business Journal:

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Texas distributed $426.7 milliobn in rebates to local governmentsthis month, down 8.8 percentt from July 2008. “The oil and gas, constructio and retail trade sectors showed continued resulting in a sharp decrease in salez tax collectionsin June,” Combs said. “Contributinv to the decrease was not only the weaknessz in thesethree sectors, but also the stron g level of collections received from them in June Dallas received a net paymentr for this period of $14.9 down 21.5 percent from the same period last Fort Worth's payment fell by 9 percent to $7.1 million July’sd sales tax allocations are based on saled that were transacted in May.
Overall, Texas citieas received $284.3 million in sales tax rebates in July an 8.8-percent decrease compared to July 2008. Rebated to Texas counties were $26 million, down 10 perceny over last year. The 151 special purpose taxiny districts around the state receivexd a totalof $16.6 million in rebates in June 5.5 percent less than in July 2008. The next sales tax allocatio n will be madeon Aug. 14.