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Texas Oil and Gas Effect on Revenue

Texas – Sales tax revenues from November 2016 of this year are down 1.1% compared to last year. Comptroller Glen Hegar attributes the majority of this to overestimating the oil and gas taxes would generate. “Sales tax revenue declined again due to reduced spending in oil and gas-related sectors,” Hegar said. “Remittances from other sectors,…