Denison will receive $1,193,599 from the Texas comptroller as its November share of local sales tax, about $66,000 or 5.88% more than the $1,127,289 the city got in November 2025.
The amount appears in the comptroller's city-by-city allocation figures released Friday. Payments sent out in November are built mostly from tax that businesses collected on September sales and turned in to the state in October.
A slow start, then a climb back
The city's sales tax income began 2026 behind the prior year. January, February and March payments each came in between 4.5% and 5% lower than the same months of 2025, and after March the year-to-date total trailed by 4.66%.
Six of the eight months since then have beaten 2025. April rose 13.67% and August 16.17%, while June and July dipped slightly. September gained 6.57%, and October's check of $909,580 was essentially flat, up $131 from a year earlier.
With November included, Denison has collected $10,865,034 from the state so far this calendar year, compared with $10,621,021 through November 2025, a gain of 2.29%.
It is also the largest single payment Denison has received in 2026, topping May's $1,173,135 and February's $1,166,436.
