EBR sales tax collections hold steady in September

For the second straight month, sales tax collections during September in East Baton Rouge Parish were slightly ahead of collections in the same month last year, according to a new report from the city-parish released today. Combined collections inside and outside the city limits were ahead of last year’s September figures by a mere $80,098—or 0.59%. A bit more than $13.6 million was collected in sales taxes in September. Collections inside the city limits accounted for about $6.9 million of the total and were down 1.3% compared to collections in the city in September 2011. In addition, August collections inside the city limits were down 1.1%, and the two months have been the only ones so far in 2012 in which an increase in collections was not recorded. However, as was the case in August, an increase in collections outside the city limits was enough to push September’s combined collections into positive territory compared to last year’s figures. Outside the city limits, collections in September totaled $5.7 million and were up 3.8% compared to the same month last year. The complete report is available online here.