City-parish sales tax collections fell slightly in August, the fifth consecutive month that there was less revenue than in the previous year. According to figures from the finance revenue department, $12.6 million in sales taxes was collected in August, 0.79% less than the $12.7 million collected in August 2008. This does not include vehicle sales taxes, which were down 12% from August 2008, going from $1 million to $908,446. Once again, collections in the areas of the parish outside the city limits were up from 2008, going from $5.4 million in August of last year to nearly $6.1 million. Inside the city limits, sales tax collections dropped by 10.6%, from $7.3 million in 2008, to $6.5 million in August. Through the first eight months of the year, $100.6 million in sales taxes have been collected, a 1.1% drop from the $101.8 million collected through August 2008.
EBR sales tax collections down slightly
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