With more than $673 million in taxable sales in May, 2022 year-to-date taxable sales reached $3.3 billion, LEDA reports. Year-to-date sales were 8.36% higher than 2021 and 36.48% higher than 2020 ...

Lafayette Parish voters may be asked in March to approve a new sales tax that would help shore up depleted parish funds. Parish Council Chairman Kevin Naquin, at an Oct. 6 meeting, announced a ...

LAFAYETTE, La ()– Sales tax revenue in Lafayette set a May record with more than $714 million collected.Along with record numbers in sales tax for the month of May, Mandi Mitchell, President and ...

The Lafayette Parish School Board directed district officials to focus on 10- and 15-year sales tax options for a possible public vote. On Wednesday, the board eliminated tax options with 30- or ...

It turns out Lafayette Parish voters won't be asked to consider in November a new sales tax to fund drainage improvements after all. Lafayette City-Parish Councilman Pat Lewis has withdrawn a ...

Lafayette attorney Lane Roy filed suit last week on behalf of a handful of litigants arguing that the council failed the state’s public notice requirements for establishing five new sales tax ...

The proposed districts are set for a vote by Lafayette’s City-Parish Council at its Dec. 17 meeting and would likely not require a vote from the public at large to levy the suggested sales tax ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The Lafayette City-Parish Council is expected to resurrect an attempt to end the rebate businesses get for turning over their sales tax collections on time. The Advertiser ...

With more than $709 million in sales in April, 2023 year-to-date taxable sales reached $2.76 billion, LEDA says. Year-to-date sales were 4.9% higher than 2022 and 13.6% higher than 2021.