Lamar April, 2019 Sales Tax Revenue Report

Barbara Crimond | May 15, 2019 | Comments 0

Sales Tax revenues were off for the City of Lamar for March Sales and Use Tax collected in April, 2019. City Sales Tax was down 7.15% for a drop of $22,180 while Total Sales and Use Tax collections were down 8.42% for a loss of $29,268. Sales Tax collections were at $288,187 for 2019 while total taxes collected for the year were at $318,270. Use Tax collections were off 19.45% for a drop of $6,790.

Year-to-Date collections were down 6.29% for City Sales Tax reflecting a decrease of $77,378 for the year, comparing 2018 at $1,229,986 to $1,152,608 for 2019. Total Sales and Use Tax collections dropped 11.10% for a decrease of $157,262. 2018 collections were $1,417,190 and were at $1,259,926 for 2019.

The 12 retail categories showed a sharp decrease in All Business/Electricity, Building Materials and C Stores and Gas Sales, comparing 2018 to 2019, while Restaurants showed an increase.

	2017	2018	2019
Auto Parts-Vehicle Repair	46,082	50,980	48,420
Building Materials	31,477	75,152	36,815
Apparel-Department Stores	374,165	382,715	384,619
C Stores – Gas Sales	43,325	74,780	59,132
All Business-Electricity	88,257	120,762	72,815
Furniture-Appliance-Electronics	9,755	8,106	8,653
Grocery Stores	83,691	88,925	87,426
Hotels/Motels	34,123	44,764	40,267
Liquor Sales	32,248	35,909	32,863
Manufacturing	5,592	3,878	5,570
Other Retail/All Other	266,200	307,345	285,017
Restaurants	109,955	111,655	116,413