Nearby cities’ sales tax income continues to surge

  • All cities tracked by the Dispatch Record reflected gains in their sales tax receipts this month. Across the state, the local sales tax allocation to Texas cities and counties was up 17%. DISPATCH RECORD GRAPHIC
    All cities tracked by the Dispatch Record reflected gains in their sales tax receipts this month. Across the state, the local sales tax allocation to Texas cities and counties was up 17%. DISPATCH RECORD GRAPHIC

    All entities in Lampasas County and the surrounding area posted gains in their local sales tax rebates this month. And several cities – Lampasas, Marble Falls, Evant and Goldthwaite – have yet to see a month in 2021 in which their sales taxes dipped below 2020 levels.

    The city of Lampasas has not recorded a sales tax percentage decline since August 2019. Its allocation this month was up 17%.

    August …