{"id":423643,"date":"2026-09-02T05:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T05:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/423643\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T05:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T05:46:18","slug":"texas-collects-4-62b-in-august-sales-tax-up-7-1-from-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/423643\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas collects $4.62B in August sales tax, up 7.1% from 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/chatgpt-image-sep-1-2026-05_23_36-pm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"432\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-v-653d32e2=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; Texas collected $4.62 billion in state sales tax revenue in August, a 7.1% increase from August 2025, Texas Comptroller Don Huffines announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Most of the revenue collected in August 2026 came from sales made in July and remitted to the comptroller\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Sales tax receipts increased across major business sectors, with construction and mining collections showing particularly strong growth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  August 2026 sales tax collections drive state revenue growth <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Taxes-Generic.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">By the numbers:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Manufacturing remittances rose 5.2% from August 2025, while wholesale trade collections increased 1.7%. Retail trade collections were nearly 10% higher than a year earlier. Online shopping receipts increased more than 20% for the second consecutive month.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Service-sector collections rose 8.2%, while restaurant receipts increased 3.8%.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to the Texas Comptroller, sales tax revenue totaled $35.2 billion for the first eight months of the year, which is up 7.3% compared with the same period in 2025. Sales tax is the state\u2019s largest source of funding for the budget, accounting for 58% of all tax collections.<\/p>\n<p> Retail, construction, and e-commerce lead gains <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Money-given-away.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">FILE-In this photo illustration, $100 dollar bills are on display. (Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Texas also collected the following revenue from other major taxes in August:<\/p>\n<p> Motor vehicle sales and rental taxes: $670 million, up 13% from August 2025.Motor fuel taxes: $342 million, down 6%.Oil production taxes: $526 million, up 18%.Natural gas production taxes: $202 million, up 4%.Hotel occupancy taxes: $76 million, up 12%.Alcoholic beverage taxes: $150 million, up 6%. <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;The increased revenue from state sales tax is a positive sign for meaningful property tax relief for Texans,&#8221; Huffines said in a statement. &#8220;The Legislature should prioritize lowering the cost of homeownership by dedicating elevated sales tax collections to reducing property taxes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this article was provided by the Texas Comptroller.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/money\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Money<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; Texas collected $4.62 billion in state sales tax revenue in August, a 7.1% increase&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2349,223,27,29,28,216,393],"class_list":["post-423643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-money","tag-news","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}