The Texas Comptroller says August local sales-tax allocations totaled $1.4 billion and rose 13.6% from a year earlier, but the four recipient categories shown in the release sum to about $1.448 billion while its total row displays $1.2 billion.
New Braunfels residents encounter the local consequence through the NBEDC, which the city says uses local sales-tax revenue for economic-development and quality-of-life investments.
The state release lists $920.9 million for cities, $298.5 million for transit systems, $83.2 million for counties and $145.1 million for special-purpose districts. Adding those four published figures produces $1.4477 billion.
That sum is consistent with the release’s rounded headline, but not with the total row. The same row reports a 5.6% increase from August 2025, while the opening reports 13.6%.
The Number New Braunfels Needs
The comptroller directs readers to separate comparison reports for allocations to individual governments. New Braunfels’ figure would show how the statewide distribution translated into revenue for a city organization that funds local projects.
Comal.News has separately reported that the NBEDC proposed a $20.8 million fiscal 2027 budget and an $8.4 million reserve draw. The city-level August allocation would provide a current revenue comparison for that budget outlook.
A corrected state release and the locality-level comparison report are the records needed to reconcile the statewide figures and establish New Braunfels’ year-over-year movement.