The Aledo Ledger Saturday, September 5, 2026

Aledo

August sales tax allocation to the city: $237,039, up 7.4% from a year earlier

The 2026 total through August is $1,770,384, up 10.7% from the same months of 2025. Calendar 2025 closed at $2,506,603.

The Comptroller's August 2026 sales tax allocation to the City of Aledo was $237,039.28, against $220,613.33 in August 2025, an increase of 7.4% by the Ledger's arithmetic on the Comptroller's figures. The Comptroller's dataset gives the year-to-date total through August as $1,770,384.30; the same eight months of 2025 totaled $1,599,799.28, so the year is running 10.7% ahead.

The 12 months ending August 2026, in dollars: September 2025, 222,243; October, 221,768; November, 241,792; December, 221,001; January 2026, 217,173; February, 270,596; March, 190,103; April, 195,956; May, 238,436; June, 217,397; July, 203,684; August, 237,039. Calendar 2025 closed at $2,506,603.45.

A month's allocation reflects sales made about two months earlier. The full monthly series since January 2013 is on the Ledger's sales tax page.

Sources: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: Sales Tax Allocation, City (data.texas.gov dataset vfba-b57j), Aledo; The Aledo Ledger: sales tax series

How this was sourced: Primary data: the Comptroller's city allocation dataset on data.texas.gov, pulled Sept. 6. Percentages are the Ledger's arithmetic on the Comptroller's payment figures.

LedgerAt a glance
August 2026 allocation
$237,039
August 2025 allocation
$220,613
2026 through August
$1,770,384
Calendar 2025
$2,506,603

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