Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced Monday state sales tax revenue totaled $4.3 billion in December, 5.7 percent more than in December 2024.
“December state sales tax collections were robust, with growth compared to a year ago outpacing inflation — evidence of continued strength in the Texas economy,” Hancock said. “Remittances from the major sectors influenced mainly by consumer spending indicated a strong start to the Christmas holiday shopping season.”
While collections from the mining and construction sectors both showed sharp declines compared with the same month a year ago, receipts from the manufacturing sector grew moderately and remittances from the information and wholesale trade sectors showed very strong monthly year-over-year gains. Remittances from machinery, equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers were particularly strong within the wholesale trade sector.
Among the major sectors driven mostly by consumer spending, receipts from the retail trade and service sectors both increased soundly compared with December 2024. The retail trade sector, the largest sector, was up more than 5 percent compared with December 2024.
