Allen has received more sales tax revenue from the state in the first 11 months of 2026 than it did in the whole of 2025, according to comptroller allocation figures published Friday.
The city's payments for January through November add up to $71,347,968.51. For all 12 months of 2025, Allen received $64,621,365.24. Compared with the same 11-month stretch last year, when payments totaled $59,112,096.84, the city is ahead by 20.7%, or about $12.2 million.
One month did much of the work
A single payment explains a large share of that lead. In February, the comptroller sent Allen $12,709,872.91, which was 83% more than the $6.93 million it received in February 2025. That one month accounts for about $5.8 million of the year's increase, close to half.
Other months have also run well ahead of 2025. The June payment was up 28.7%, March was up 29.4% and August was up 33.5%. The allocation data does not say what produced the February jump or the other large swings, and it does not break payments down by business type.
November itself
The November check, released this week, was $5,776,842.46, up 7% from $5,399,614.72 a year earlier. That follows October, the one month this fall that fell short of 2025, when the payment slipped 6.4% to about $5.23 million.
November allocations reflect tax the state collected in October, largely from businesses that file each month on their September sales plus quarterly filers, according to the comptroller's office.
