By Moses Leos III Hays County saw a 7.78 percent increase in the amount of sales tax reported from the year previous according to figures from the state comptroller’s office. The county brought in just over $3.16 million in sales tax during Nov. 2015. It’s an increase over the county’s sales tax of ...

For the second month in a row, Uhland saw the largest percentage increase in sales tax collected over a year’s time. By collecting just over $15,000 in sales tax last month, Uhland saw its sales tax numbers jump by 73 percent from October 2014 to October 2015. Uhland’s sales tax figures was part of ...

Staff report   The city of Uhland saw the largest sales tax percent increase in Hays County from Sept. 2014 to Sept. 2015.  Uhland gained the top spot after sales tax increased by 65 percent. The city brought in $15,800 in sales taxes, which totals to $114,610 the city has received since the start o...

By Moses Leos III Two eastern Hays County cities saw gains upward of 30 percent in their sales tax collections in August, surpassing the marks set during the same month in 2014.  Uhland saw the largest increase of all Hays County cities, jumping 82 percent over the collections they received in Augus...

By Kim Hilsenbeck July sales tax collections were up nearly 30 percent in Kyle and more than 61 percent in Buda over July 2014. Kyle took in $642,442.47 for an increase of 29.33 percent while its neighbor to the north, Buda, took in $466,663.94 for a 61.5 percent increase over July of last year. On ...

By Kim Hilsenbeck KYLE AND BUDA  Based on the latest figures from the Texas Comptroller’s Office, Kyle saw a 41.57 percent gain in sales tax distribution up from $315,128 last June to $446,136 in June of this year.  Meanwhile, Buda continued a two-month dip in sales tax from $395,246 in June 2014 to...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Kyle and Buda Based on the latest figures from the Texas Comptroller’s Office, Kyle saw a gain of 21.8 percent in sales tax distribution up from $405,019 last May to $493,472 in May of this year.  Meanwhile, Buda, saw a dip in sales tax from $434,950 in May 2014 to $409,198 last mo...

By Andy Sevilla Buda and Kyle, which each took in about $400,000 in sales tax collections this month, experienced revenue increases of almost 30 percent when compared to March 2014. Buda collected $400,700 in sales tax revenue this month, up 27.1 percent over its $315,000 collection last March. Mean...

By Andy Sevilla For the first time in Kyle’s history, the city collected nearly $600,000 in sales tax revenue this month; meanwhile, Buda topped the $500,000 collection mark, also a first for that city. Recently released Texas sales tax figures reveal Kyle collected $597,000 in sales taxes this mont...

By Andy Sevilla Though Kyle received the lesser amount of sales tax dollars when compared to Hays’ other two corridor cities this month, Kyle marked the highest percentage growth of the three in the first allocation of 2015. Kyle received $387,200 in sales tax collections this month. That amount is ...