AUSTIN (March 10, 2010)—The check that the Texas Comptroller’s Office will send Friday to Waco for the city’s share of sales taxes will be 17.21 percent less than the city received for the same period a year ago.

Temple’s payment will be 0.80 percent less than in 2009 and Killeen’s will be 1.07 percent more, according to figures the Comptroller’s Office released Wednesday.

For the year, Waco’s share of sales tax collections is down 4.62 percent and Temple’s is down 0.88 percent.

Killeen’s year-to-date share is 4.30 percent higher than in 2009.

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said Wednesday the state collected a total of $1.60 billion in sales tax revenue in February, which is 8.8 less than in to February 2009.

“After eight straight months of double digit declines, sales tax losses have begun to moderate,” Combs said.

“Sales tax revenue continues to be down in major sectors such as retail, oil and gas production and construction. However, there was a slight uptick in the manufacturing sector,” she said.

On Friday, Combs office will send $404.4 million in March sales tax payments to Texas cities, counties, transit systems and special-purpose taxing districts.

Local sales tax allocations are down 6.7 percent compared to March 2009, she said and down 8.4 percent for the calendar year.

State sales tax revenue for February and March payments to local governments represent sales that occurred in January, she said.