Lamar City Sales Tax Posts Another Monthly Gain

Total Sales and Use Tax Collections for the City of Lamar are up 6.18%, or $15,660, for the month of February.  Collections for the early year total $268,956 compared to the same time last year when collections were at $253,564.  City Sales Tax was up 7.81% for a $17,326 increase in that single category.

Year to Date collections also posed an improvement with City Sales Tax at 5.62% for a gain of $42,537 on the month and $42,101 for the year for all categories.  Total year to date collections are at $879,406.

The 12 Retail Trade Tax Revenue report, Year to Date,  for the past three years is as follows:

.                                                             2013                       2014                       2015

Auto Parts/Repairs                         31,359                   31,359                   33,615
Building Materials                           23,136                 20,325                    17,441
Apparel/Dept Stores                     297,189                279,190                  271,161
C Stores & Gas Sales                       22,301                   22,692                   24,463
All Business/Electricity                 58,501                   58,918                    67,358
Furn/Appl/Elec                                 7,835                     7,197                      6,609
Grocery Stores                                 68,290                  62,541                    69,248
Motels                                                29,250                  28,781                     25,745
Liquor Stores/Bars                         25,489                  23,385                     23,503
Manufacturing                                  21,101                       882                        3,188
Restaurants                                       79,414                  72,741                      74,650
Other Retail/All Other                  213,997                194,117                    211,306