Sales Tax Allocation, City-County Comparison Summary
austin-metro.demo.socrata.com | Last Updated 27 Jul 2017Sales tax allocation comparison summary reports present data on monthly local sales and use tax payments to local jurisdictions. These payments represent funds identified for local jurisdictions since the previous month’s distribution. When used with other local indicators, these reports may help indicate present and future economic trends. This table lists entities alphabetically by county name, then alphabetically by cities within the county.
This dataset has the following 12 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | county | text | TARRANT DENTON HARRIS BEXAR DALLAS view top 100 | |
| City | city | text | BLUE MOUND ORCHARD BARTLETT SHAMROCK SILVERTON view top 100 | |
| Current Rate | current_rate | number | The local entity’s current sales tax rate. | 1.5 1 2 1.75 1.25 view top 100 |
| Net Payment This Period | net_payment_this_period | number | The payment sent to the local entity this period. | 0.00 808.65 2348.16 4082.98 517.71 view top 100 |
| Comparable Payment Prior Year | comparable_payment_prior_year | number | The payment we sent to the local entity in the same period last year. | 0.00 358.75 733.93 3345.73 4082.98 view top 100 |
| Percent Change From Prior Year | period_percent_change | number | The percent change in current payment(s) compared to the payment sent in the same period last year. | -100 1.68 1.13 5.05 7.47 view top 100 |
| Payment to Date | payments_to_date | number | The total of payments sent to the local entity this calendar year to date. | 0.00 30155.11 56629.18 11222.89 37582.63 view top 100 |
| Previous Payments to Date | previous_payments_to_date | number | The total of payments sent to the local entity in the prior calendar year to date. | 0.00 11119.50 30155.11 56629.18 2202182.87 view top 100 |
| Percent Change To Date | year_percent_change | number | The percent change in current year payments compared to the previous year’s payments to date. | 2.87 3.29 2.98 2.65 3.39 view top 100 |
| Report Month | report_month | number | The month of the local entity received the payment. | 7 5 6 4 3 view top 100 |
| Report Year | report_year | number | The year the local entity received the payment. | 2016 2015 2014 2013 2017 view top 100 |
| Report Period Type | report_period_type | text | Frequency of the report. | MONTHLY view top 100 |