Parish sales tax revenue up 10%

St. Landry Parish sales tax collections in 2021 totaled $85,658,162, up 10.2% or $7,949,163 over collections in 2020, according to the monthly report released by St. Landry Parish School Board sales tax division. In 2016, sales tax collections in the parish totaled $64,683,530, which which means revenues grew 32.4% in five years. COVID-19 with its economic disruptions has been period of double-…