Lamar City September Sales Tax Shows Improvement

City Sales Tax collected in September showed an $18,588.43 increase for this year over 2010, for a 7.74% increase.  City Sales Tax collections were $258,611.79.  Total Sales and Use Tax collections were up 6.43% over last September for a $16,974.10 gain for a monthly total of $280,876.08. 

Year-to-date collections for city sales tax showed a 2.68% improvement for a $65,470.46 gain and a collection total for the year of $2,512,914.70.  Total Sales and Use Tax collections were up 2.75% compared to last year for a $72,758.22 gain and an annual, to-date total of $2,716,283.37. 

Here are the twelve retail trades categories for Sales and Use Tax collection, year-to-date for the most recent three year period. 

                                                   2009                       2010                       2011 

Auto Parts                           114,662.59           113,100.56           117,694.36
Building Materials              94,984.12             86,545.39              78,139.30
Apparel                                  27,213.14             26,901.73              27,940.59
C Stores/Gas                         80,223.50             80,738.50              86,409.48
Dept. Stores                        908,471.47            884,339.03           895,825.62
Furniture                               21,906.75             22,929.03             2 3,504.58
Groceries                            219,325.86           214,612.49            239,193.49
Motels                                    96,108.63             99,111.98            110,114.63
Liquor/Etc.                             78,098.04             80,359.00              84,632.00
Manufacturing                        2,608.43               2,015.29                6,806.38
Other Retail                           32,728.76             37,361.31             39,095.49
Restaurants                         269,443.18           272,137.82          273,510.37