State sales-tax revenue totaled $3.8 billion in May

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar has said state sales-tax revenue totaled $3.84 billion in May, 4.1 percent more than in May 2022. The majority of May sales-tax revenue is based on sales made in April and remitted to the agency in May.

Total sales-tax revenue for the three months ending in May 2023 was up 5.6 percent compared with the same period a year ago. Sales tax is the largest source of stat...