Saturday, June 4, 2011

Texarkana, Texas Sales Tax Revenue Remains Strong

Vicki Melde

Marketing and Communications Manager

City of Texarkana, Texas

West 3rd and Texas Boulevard

Texarkana, TX 75501

(903) 798-1743

(903) 276-1458 cell

Texarkana, Texas Chief Financial Officer Charlie Bassett announced that the City’s May sales tax for March, 2011 sales was $1,384,418.10 – up by 7.95% over May, 2010. “Year-to-date we are up 4.63% compared with the same period last year,” Bassett advised. “In dollars, we are up $101,988.80 for the month and $409,569.30 year-to-date through May. The 2011 budget year-to-date was $8,933,333 and we have collected $9,249,647, so we are up $316,314 over budget to date.”



May sales tax data was posted a bit late by the Comptroller, but it was definitely another good month for Texarkana, Texas.

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