Dublin sales tax collections were down in February based on sales in December, with a -5.31 decrease over last year.
The city saw December sales at $50,821.13 compared to $48,117.64, according to the state sales tax report released by Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock.
(Sales tax reports generally reflect sales from two months prior as the local sales are reported to the state which processes them and disburses sales tax back to the local entities.)
Hancock recently said state sales tax revenue totaled $4 billion in February, 3.8 percent more than in February 2025. The majority of February sales tax revenue is based on sales made in January and remitted to the agency in February.
“Texas continues to show steady economic momentum,” Hancock said. “Sales tax remains the backbone of our state budget, and these numbers reflect a resilient Texas economy that continues to outpace inflation and support responsible, conservative budgeting.”
Receipts from the sectors driven mainly by business spending were mostly down last month, with collections from the construction and manufacturing sectors coming in slightly below their February 2025 totals. Collections from the wholesale trade sector were up by more than 8 percent. Remittances from the mining sector were down significantly compared with February 2025, due in part to increased refund activity.
The large sectors affected primarily by consumer spending were up last month. Receipts from services grew by almost 10 percent, while receipts from the retail trade sector, the largest sector, were up more than 4 percent compared with last February.
Within the retail trade sector, most subsectors had robust growth, with remittances from electronics and appliance stores and from sporting goods and hobby stores increasing more than 10 percent compared with the prior year. Exceptions were receipts from home improvement stores and furniture and home furnishings stores, which declined.
Receipts from restaurants were up more than 4 percent from a year ago, slightly ahead of the rate of inflation for food away from home.