Lamar City Sales Tax Collections are Up

The Sales Tax collections for the City of Lamar are up 3.79% for January and up 4.47% for Total Sales and Use Tax Collections for a gain of $10,588.01 over the same period in 2011.   

Year-to-Date City Sales Tax collections are up 3.53% and Total Sales and Use Tax collections are up 2.51% for a gain over last year of $14,786.13. 

Of the twelve Retail Sales categories for Sales and Use Tax collections through this February, Groceries are down; Clothing and Shoes are steady with last year.  Furniture and Convenience Stores also noted a slight drop, but other categories showed an increase.

                                                   2012                       2011                       2012 

Auto Parts/Repair           20,063.89             20,945.76             23,387.30
Building Materials          12,284.09               9,516.41             12,207.64
Clothing/Shoes                   5,681.35               5,783.59               5,871.00
C Stores/Gas                     14,603.50             16,480.48             15,903.00
Department Stores         193,397.07          194,542.50          197,213.85
Furniture/Elec                     5,378.02               6,412.21               5,465.00
Groceries                           43,115.59             60,553.01            47,070.39
Motels                                  2,549.98             16,195.63             18,365.00
Liquor/Bars                       15,551.50             15,857.00             17,292.00
Manufacturing                       810.79                   340.38               4,929.63
Other Retail                         8,860.73                9,097.58               8,853.48
Restaurants                       52,009.70             49,184.66             50,653.63