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288 of 489 governments reported balances above their annual hotel-tax revenue.

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Data / source: Texas Comptroller — Local Hotel Occupancy Tax Reporting 2025, data.texas.gov er34-v24h; retrieved October 29, 2026

Published Oct 29, 2026 · Retrieved Oct 29, 2026

FY2025 · Self-reported local fiscal years

One filing per government and type. Ratios divide reported unspent balance by the dataset ordinary hotel-tax revenue field total_revenue_351; separate venue-tax receipts are excluded. All 489 positive-revenue reports have known balances. The statewide $633,969,480.42 balance covers all 554 reports, including 65 zero-revenue reports. A balance can include prior-year collections and is not the unspent share of FY2025 receipts, a tax-loss estimate or evidence of misuse. No trend is shown.

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Texas / Hotel tax / FY2025

More than a year's
hotel tax, still unspent.

288 of 489 governments reported a balance larger than their annual hotel-tax revenue.

Reported balances compared with annual hotel-tax revenue489 governments ordered by ratio; 288 exceed one year. Compressed log(1 + ratio) vertical scale, including all observations and zero balances.0×1×2×5×10×20×ONE YEAR OF REVENUEPittsburg · 21.5×One needle = one government · Compressed scale: log(1 + ratio)