Sales tax revenues decline

Sales tax revenues in Eunice and the total for St. Landry Parish declined in November by several measures.
Eunice sales tax revenues from January to November totaled $4,823,023, which is 0.7 percent or $31,733 below the same period in 2015, according to the St. Landry Parish School Board Sales Tax Division.
Total St. Landry Parish’s sales tax revenue through November was $59,981,119, down 1.8 percent or $1,099,505 from the same period in 2015.
The parish sales tax total includes parish, school, solid waste, law enforcement and municipal taxes.
In Eunice, the November sales tax revenue was $415,846, down 2.7 percent or $11,583 from the November 2015 revenue.
Eunice’s November revenue was 9.4 percent off from October’s $459,149.
The parish revenue total of $5,066,244 in November was down $166,079 — 3.2 percent — from November 2015’s $5,232,323.
From October to November, the St. Landry Parish sales tax revenue total dropped 17.7 percent. Revenue in October totaled $6,159,312 and dropped to $5,066,244 in November.
The sales tax rate in Eunice is 10.75 percent. Of that 5 percent is state, 3.55 percent is parish and 2.2 percent is city.
Unincorporated areas pay a 10.5 percent sales tax revenue, which includes 5 percent state and 5.5 percent parish rates.
On April 1, the state sales tax rate rose by 1 percent.