Sales taxes take a dip in Lampasas

Although Lometa and Kempner had the highest percentage gains for the month, the city of Lampasas saw its sales tax revenues drop 9% this period. DISPATCH RECORD GRAPHIC
Although Lometa and Kempner had the highest percentage gains for the month, the city of Lampasas saw its sales tax revenues drop 9% this period. DISPATCH RECORD GRAPHIC

While the city of Lampasas was recording its largest one-month decline in sales tax receipts in more than a decade, Lometa posted its highest single-month percentage gain since 2017.

Lampasas saw its sales taxes fall off 9% in September. The last time it had a percentage drop that big was in March 2013.

Good economic returns the first half of this year have kept Lampasas ahead of 2022, however. The …