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

Russ Baldwin | Sep 17, 2015 | Comments 0

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