Sales tax receipts dip in September

After posting an 11% gain in sales tax revenue last month, the city of Lampasas saw receipts fall 9% this period.

September allocations are based on local sales made in July by businesses that report their tax monthly to the state comptroller’s office.

In August, only one city in the surrounding Central Texas counties had a sales tax decline. In September, half the entities tracked by the Dispatch R…