Another Monthly Increase for Lamar City Sales Tax
Russ Baldwin | Jul 11, 2012 | Comments 0
May 2012 sales tax collections are up another month for the City of Lamar. City sales tax is up 7.33% over the same period last year and total sales and collections show a gain of 7.72% for a gain of $19,523.06. Total city sales tax collections for May are $256,618.54.
Year to Date figures show city sales tax collections up 4.60 for a gain of $68,345.84. Total tax and Use Tax collections are up 5.66% for an improvement over last year of $91,048.12. Year to Date collections are $1,699,216.52 compared to last year at this time of $1,608,168.40.
Only Furniture/Electronics and Other Retail categories showed a decrease for June collections from this year to last. The following are Year to Date collection figures in the 12 retail categories established by the city.
2010 2011 2012
Auto Parts 63,355.90 65,088.80 73,424.81
Building Materials 46,946.35 43,688.30 53,732.07
Clothing 16,176.71 16,043.59 17,569.00
C Stores/Gas 41,498.50 49,325.48 50,551.00
Department Stores 539,840.29 540,537.65 561,406.71
Furniture/Electronics 15,253.91 15,290.21 14,554.65
Grocery Stores 128,826.45 148,429.19 137,171.33
Motels 48,524.98 52,879.63 68,764.00
Liquor Sales 46,214.00 47,288.00 53,393.00
Manufacturing 1,314.29 4,091.38 5,711.63
Other Retail 22,527.47 23,710.75 23,666.40
Restaurants 154,022.30 156,384.37 164,858.59
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