City of Lamar Sales Tax Revenue Report – April, 2022

Barbara Crimond | Jun 14, 2022 | Comments 0

Sales tax revenue collections were up for this past April for the City of Lamar with a 14.59% increase over last year at this time for a gain of $47,059. Collections for this past April was $369,698. Use Tax collections were down 28.42% for a drop of $9,925 and Other Collections were down 94.95% for a drop of $29,263. Total Sales tax and Use Tax collections were up 2.03% for a moderate gain of $7,870 for the month of April.

Year to date collections showed increases for City Sales Tax revenues at 7.70% for a gain of $134,114 over this time last year for a current total of $1,876,945. Use Tax collections and Other Collections were both down for a drop of $108,113. Total Sales and Use Tax collections, YTD were up only a fraction at 1.29% for a gain of $26,000 over this time last year.

The Year to Date revenue percentages for various retail sales categories between January 2022 and this past April are as follows, for a three year period:

	2020	2021	2022
Auto Parts-Vehicle Repair	62,090	64,191	73,501
Building Materials	54,603	63,088	83,312
Apparel and Dept Stores	525,572	550,998	547,858
C Stores & Gas Sales	73,428	90,743	98,527
All Business-Electricity	85,445	170,763	127,220
Furniture-Appliance-Electronics	8,783	12,184	14,274
Grocery Stores	128,265	119,423	142,257
Hotels-Motels	52,815	51,032	63,499
Liquor Sales	44,305	47,312	49,926
Manufacturing	11,276	31,575	4,743
Other Retail-All Other	353,396	504,364	554,137
Restaurants	148,222	167,900	186,723