Most municipalities ending year with sales tax allocation increase

With the exception of Mountain City, all of Hays County’s taxing municipalities are ending the year on a positive note when it comes to the percentage of sales taxes allocated from the office of the State Comptroller.

The year’s final allocations were delivered this week, revealing how much ground was gained or lost in sales tax allocations compared to a year ago.

The biggest gain, 29.73 percent, was in Niederwald. Niederwald’s December allocation of $4,297.48 was 42.32 percent higher than December of last year. Niederwald, which has a sales tax rate of 1 percent, was allocated $51,384.87 in 2019.