Eunice, parish sales tax revenues end year down

Eunice sales tax revenue was down 1 percent and total St. Landry Parish sales tax revenue was down 2.2 percent in 2016, according to the St. Landry Parish School Board Sales Tax Division.
Eunice sales tax revenue for the year was $5,198,606, down from $5,257,499 in 2015.
Eunice revenues were down 6.7 percent in December 2016 compared to December 2015. Revenue totaled $375,583 in December 2016, a $27,159 decline.
The $375,583 Eunice revenue was a $40,272 or 9.7 percent drop from November’s revenue.
Total sales revenue in St. Landry Parish was $64,683,530 for 2016, down from $66,170,968 in 2015, a 2.2 percent decline.
In December, parish revenue was $4,702,411 down $363,834 or 7 percent from November.
There was a 7.6 percent decline in parish revenue in comparing December 2016’s $4,702,411 to December 2015’s $5,090,345.
The parish sales tax total includes parish, school, solid waste, law enforcement and municipal taxes.
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.