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2016 Begins with Healthy City Sales Tax Report

  December 2015 Sales and Use Tax collected in January 2016 indicated a healthy shopping community with City Sales Tax up 6.07% and Total Sales and Use Tax collections up 16.51% from the latest report. City Sales Tax collections were up $19,417.70 at $339,221.23.  That’s compared to the 2015 collection figure of $319,803.53. Year to […]

Lamar Sales Tax Showing Year Long Growth

  Sales Tax collections for the City of Lamar, year to date through November, show a gain of 7.92% for city sales tax, translating to $217,579 over last year at this time. Total sales tax collected since January of this year is $2,964,860 compared to last year’s figure of $2,747,281. Total Sales and Use Tax […]

Lamar City Sales Tax Posts Another Drop

The Lamar City Sales Tax has posted monthly declines since the start of 2014 and March results, collected in April, continue the disconcerting trend.  The 3% City Sales Tax was off 7.46% compared to last year’s monthly posting, while Use Tax was off 37.37% and Other Collections was down 17.24%.  Between 2013 and this year, […]

City of Lamar Sales Tax Revenue Report

  Total Sales and Use Tax collections for the City of Lamar for November, 2013, collected in December showed a slight gain of 1.47%, or $3,975.41 over the previous year.  Collections for November 2013 were $274,597.90.  City Sales Taxes collected for the month showed a 0.29% increase.  Year-to-date collections for that period fared a little […]

Lamar City Council Sales Tax Report

The November 2013 Total Sales and Use Tax Collections gained 3.26% or $8,014 for October sales, collected in November.  2012 was $245,924.74 while the current year showed $253,938.85.  Year to date collections for Total Sales and Use Tax for 2013 showed an increase of 3.15% for a difference between 2012 and 2013 of $96,836.47.  The […]