Schertz’s October sales tax payment falls 48.77% while year-to-date total rises

Schertz received $1.68 million in October sales tax revenue, down sharply from last year; residents can track the next payment against a year-to-date total that remains higher.

By Guadalupe.News Government Desk · Source-linked local reporting

Published October 20, 2026 at 10:39 PM CDT2 min read

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Schertz received $1,677,914.45 in its October 2026 sales tax allocation, down 48.77% from a year earlier.

The city received $3,275,811.56 in October 2025, according to the Texas Comptroller’s city allocation data. A single monthly payment is only one part of the city’s revenue picture: the much larger January-through-October comparison moved in the opposite direction.

From the source record

October sales tax allocations · dollars

Schertz, Oct. 2025$3,275,811.56

Schertz, Oct. 2026$1,677,914.45

County, Oct. 2025$1,309,441.79

County, Oct. 2026$1,283,113.95

City and county allocations are separate payments. The bars compare report months, not sales made in those months.

Texas Comptroller October allocations to Schertz and Guadalupe County, 2025 and 2026.The Schertz city payment fell 48.77% year over year; the separate county payment fell 2.01%.

Schertz’s January through October allocations totaled $50,578,737.54 this year, compared with $27,737,883.01 in the same 2025 period, an 82.34% increase. For Schertz residents, the city’s monthly payment fell even though its January through October total rose. The two percentages answer different questions: one compares October with October, while the other compares ten-month totals.

The monthly and year-to-date figures

The city’s September and August allocations also fell from their corresponding 2025 months, by 51.86% and 43.14%, respectively, in the Comptroller data. Its cumulative total nevertheless remained higher. The October report therefore extends a run of lower monthly comparisons without reversing the increase accumulated earlier in the year.

Schertz sales tax allocations in the October 2026 Comptroller report, compared with the same 2025 periods
Period	2025	2026	Change
October	$3,275,811.56	$1,677,914.45	−48.77%
January–October	$27,737,883.01	$50,578,737.54	+82.34%

Monthly and cumulative comparisons cover different periods.

What the allocation measures

The October 2026 report reflects taxable sales from roughly two months earlier, according to the Comptroller’s data note. That lag matters when reading the figure against current conditions: October is the allocation month, rather than a count of sales made during October. The citywide allocation figures support the comparisons above but do not, by themselves, identify a particular business or transaction behind the change.

A separate Comptroller dataset reports Guadalupe County’s October allocation at $1,283,113.95, down 2.01% from $1,309,441.79 a year earlier. The county’s year-to-date allocation was up 18.72%. Those are payments to a different taxing jurisdiction; they provide a nearby comparison, not an explanation for Schertz’s much larger monthly drop.

The next check

November’s Comptroller allocation release is the next official record for testing whether the monthly decline continued. Readers can use the city allocation dataset to compare Schertz’s next payment with November 2025 and then check the year-to-date total. A city budget or finance report could also show how officials account for the changing revenue pattern.

Schertz’s October sales tax payment falls 48.77% while year-to-date total rises

The monthly and year-to-date figures

What the allocation measures

The next check

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