The loss of sales tax revenue equals out to a $1.1-million gap between the sheriff's office and the fire department.

A new Louisiana bill aims to cut grocery costs by banning local sales tax on food, dairy, and soft drinks— a change that ...

Acadia Parish residents voted 65% in favor of the District 2 sales tax renewal, which will allow for the levy and collection of a 1% sales and use tax for 15 years from April 1, 2027, to repair, ...

Sales Tax Institute says that Louisiana taxpayers should note that this change is only to the state rate, and is in addition to the parish rate. When combining the increased state rate of 5% and ...

In Louisiana, according to McCormick, residents do not have a state sales tax on groceries, just local sales taxes. He said residents in Caddo Parish are driving to Texas to buy their groceries ...

It’s not because the parish council ... of industrial areas. A map attached to the ordinance sketched out the zone in West Baton Rouge not subject to the sales tax — land where Dow Chemical ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A bill filed for the 2025 regular legislative session would eliminate local sales tax on certain food and beverage items in Louisiana. House Bill 229 ...