July Payments to Area Cities Burnet up 4% $330,302 Copperas Cove up 7% $639,248 Evant down 40% $7,927 Gatesville up 7% $264,836 Goldthwaite down 3% $50,302 Hamilton up 30% $70,895 Kempner up 5% $20,097 Lampasas down 2% $237,932 Lometa up 10% $10,251 Marble Falls down 1% $1,153,397 San Saba up 1% $55,622 Lampasas saw its sales tax allocation drop 2% in July, while the cities of Kempner and Lometa posted gains of 5% and 10%, respectively. July payments are based on sales recorded in May. DISPATCH RECORD GRAPH
The city of Lampasas had a good first quarter in terms of sales tax revenues received, but rebates have slipped since then.
The Texas Comptroller’s Office has released July allocations to the cities, counties and special-purpose districts that levy a local sales tax. The July payments are based on sales made in May by businesses that report their tax monthly.
