Coronavirus Pandemic Sends Texas Sales Tax Collection Into A 13% Free Fall

Corpus Christi Caller Times, El Paso Times
Mon, 06/01/2020 - 12:19pm

Sales tax collections dropped 13 percent in May 2020 compared with May 2019. Nearly 60% of state revenues come from the tax.

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