Sales tax revenue for Lampasas sputters at year’s end

By Gail Lowe on Thursday, December 21, 2023
  • The chart shows sales tax allocations for the city of Lampasas in 2022 and 2023. Its largest monthly payment came in February, when Lampasas received a check for $291,422. The 2023 rebates in June, July, August, September, October and December trailed those from the comparable periods in 2022, however. Lampasas ends the year with a cumulative sales tax total of $2.91 million, slightly more than its $2.87 million receipts for last year. DISPATCH RECORD GRAPH
    The chart shows sales tax allocations for the city of Lampasas in 2022 and 2023. Its largest monthly payment came in February, when Lampasas received a check for $291,422. The 2023 rebates in June, July, August, September, October and December trailed those from the comparable periods in 2022, however. Lampasas ends the year with a cumulative sales tax total of $2.91 million, slightly more than its $2.87 million receipts for last year. DISPATCH RECORD GRAPH

    The final sales tax allocations of the year have been sent to local cities, counties and special entities that levy a tax on goods sold within their jurisdiction.

    December payments are based on sales made in October by business that report their tax monthly.

    LAMPASAS’ YEAR-END NUMBERS

    The city of Lampasas garnered a check this period for $231,210, falling almost 2% short of the $234,806 it earned in …