City of Lamar Sales Tax Revenue Report, November, 2011

November 2011 Lamar city sales tax revenue collected in December shows only a fraction of a percent gain for the month and a slight decrease for Total taxes collected for the same period. 

November city sales tax was up 0.91% for a gain of $2,110.19 over the same time last year, and a drop of 0.97% in Total sales and Use Tax Collections for the same period, a drop of $2,499.33.  Year to Date tax collections faired better with city sales tax up 2.63 for the year at $76,569.07 for a YTD total of $2,986,167.73 for 2011, compared to $2,909,598.07 for 2010.  Total sales and Use Tax Collections, YTD were up 2.33% for an improvement of $73,377.40.  Year to Date collections for 2011 are $3,227,361.83 compared to 2010 figures of $3,153,984.43. 

Here are the Year to Date comparisons for Sales and Use Tax collected for January through December for 2009 through 2011.  The figures are categorized in 12 different retail trade categories. 

                                                  2009                             2010                             2011 

Auto Parts                      132,936.32                    135,064.00                    140,676.36
Building Materials        112,398.48                    104,183.71                       94,404.57
Apparel                             31,834.33                      32,100.72                      33,071.59
C Stores/Gas                   94,195.50                      98,150.50                    103,520.48
Department Stores    1,083,661.01                1,065,990.93                  1,082,964.62
Furniture/Appliance        28,318.07                      27,022.23                        28,124.58
Grocery                           276,290.62                    255,448.45                      282,029.77
Motels                             131,514.67                    135,870.48                      156,493.63
Liquor Sales                    73,240.00                       76,973.50                        79,240.00
Manufacturing                   3,155.43                          2,273.29                        10,071.38
Other Retail                     39,514.40                       43,240.79                         46,318.38
Restaurants                   318,097.17                    324,482.15                       326,324.33