Sales tax receipts mixed across area

Kempner, Lometa lose ground, while Lampasas remains steady
  • July Payments to Area Cities Burnet up 13% $373,343 Copperas Cove down 1% $632,769 Evant up 13% $8,932 Gatesville up 4% $274,601 Goldthwaite up 14% $57,531 Hamilton down 14% $60,877 Kempner down 10% $18,165 Lampasas up 2% $243,286 Lometa down 14% $8,814 Marble Falls up 3% $1,190,262 San Saba up 4% $57,925 DISPATCH RECORD GRAPHIC
    July Payments to Area Cities Burnet up 13% $373,343 Copperas Cove down 1% $632,769 Evant up 13% $8,932 Gatesville up 4% $274,601 Goldthwaite up 14% $57,531 Hamilton down 14% $60,877 Kempner down 10% $18,165 Lampasas up 2% $243,286 Lometa down 14% $8,814 Marble Falls up 3% $1,190,262 San Saba up 4% $57,925 DISPATCH RECORD GRAPHIC

    The July sales tax rebates to Texas cities, counties and special-purpose districts reflected an average gain of 5.6% this month.

    Those payments are based on sales made in May by businesses that report tax monthly to the state comptroller.

    After a slow start to 2026 in which Lampasas saw its sales tax receipts dip below last year’s comparable statistics for the first quarter, the city’s returns have …