Revenue totals higher Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced that state sales tax revenue totaled $2.7 billion in April. The amount is 13.4 percent more than reported in April 2017. April state sales tax collections grew significantly across all major economic sectors, with the strongest growth was in remittances from oil and gas-related sectors, although tax receipts from retail trade and restaurants also grew briskly. Tax revenue for the three months ending in April 2018 was up 9.8 ...