Lamar City Sales Tax Report: July 2015 – Drop for Motel/Hotel Revenue

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Total Sales and Use Tax Collections for the City of Lamar showed positive gains for July 2015, as reported in the August summary with a 5.05% increase for the month and a 7.02% increase for year to date.

July collections showed a gain of $13,874 comparing 2015 to 2014 for a total of $287,501 for this year compared to $273,626 for 2014.

Year to date collections showed a gain of $153,898 compared to 2014 when collections were at $2,193,187. Collections for 2015 for the City of Lamar are at $2,347,085, year to date.

The Sales and Use Tax Revenue comparison by the 12 retail trade categories shows continued growth from 2014 to 2015 with the exception of the Motel/Hotel category.

 

2013 2014 2015
Auto Parts/Repair 92,895 90,687 102,015
Building Materials 71,686 67,394 70,587
Apparel/Dept Stores 774,635 718,065 723,983
C Stores/Gas 69,273 68,783 74,613
All Bsns/Electricity 156,117 145,408 155,710
Furn/Appl/Elec 16,925 14,933 14,687
Grocery Stores 179,757 167,159 176,709
Motels 105,686 95,181 86,375
Liquor 72,925 65,250 67,447
Manufacturing 34,330 3,865 8,646
Other Retail 547,190 412,198 488,891
Restaurants 231,369 220,716 221,424

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