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Sales tax in De Soto Parish, Louisiana

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated

There is no single sales tax rate in De Soto Parish. It runs from 9% to 10.5% depending on the exact address, because cities and special districts inside the county levy their own on top of the 5% state rate. The 5% state rate applies everywhere in the county; everything above that depends on where you are standing. These rates were read from Louisiana's own published schedule and checked on September 9, 2026.

What is the sales tax rate in De Soto Parish?

Sales tax rate components in De Soto Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana state rate5%
Local tax applying countywide4%
Lowest combined rate in the county9%
Highest combined rate in the county10.5%

The combined figures are the lowest and highest totals anywhere in De Soto Parish, so the rows above do not add up to them.

How much sales tax is that on a purchase in De Soto Parish?

At 9%, a $100 purchase carries $9.00 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $90.00, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 10.5%, the same purchases carry $10.50 and $105.00. That is general merchandise; Louisiana taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among Louisiana's 63 counties, De Soto Parish's lowest rate ranks 38th highest, level with 8 other counties. See every Louisiana county.

Sales tax in counties next to De Soto Parish

De Soto Parish borders 6 counties, 2 of them in another state. The lowest rate next door is 6.25% in Panola County, TX, which is $27.50 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in De Soto Parish.

De Soto Parish and its neighbors, highest rate first
CountyCombined sales tax
Sabine Parish, LA9.625% to 11.625%
Red River Parish, LA9.5% to 10.5%
Natchitoches Parish, LA9% to 12.5%
De Soto Parish, LA (this county)9% to 10.5%
Caddo Parish, LA8.35% to 12.35%
Panola County, TX6.25% to 8.25%
Shelby County, TX6.25% to 8.25%

Why the rate here is not the whole story

Louisiana charges 5 percent statewide, and every local sales tax is levied and collected locally rather than by the state, by the parish school board, the parish governing authority, the sheriff's law enforcement district, municipalities and economic development districts, so the parish line is not the tax boundary. 4 percent applies everywhere in the parish, levied by the school board at 2.5 percent, the police jury at 1 percent and the law enforcement district at 0.5 percent. No one rate covers the whole parish: the floor of 9 percent is in the balance of the parish outside any municipality and the ceiling of 10.5 percent is at Mansfield.

How do I find the exact rate for an address in De Soto Parish?

Use Louisiana's own address lookup. In De Soto Parish the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 9% to 10.5%.

Who has to collect sales tax in De Soto Parish?

Any seller with a physical presence in Louisiana collects at the rate for the address of the sale; a remote seller does once it passes Louisiana's economic nexus threshold. Louisiana sales tax covers the statewide rules and what is exempt.

Work out your own numbers

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