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 |
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