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Sales tax in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated

There is no single sales tax rate in East Baton Rouge Parish. It runs from 10.5% to 12.5% 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 East Baton Rouge Parish?

Sales tax rate components in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana state rate5%
Local tax applying countywide1.5%
Lowest combined rate in the county10.5%
Highest combined rate in the county12.5%

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

How much sales tax is that on a purchase in East Baton Rouge Parish?

At 10.5%, a $100 purchase carries $10.50 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $105.00, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 12.5%, the same purchases carry $12.50 and $125.00. That is general merchandise; Louisiana taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among Louisiana's 63 counties, East Baton Rouge Parish's lowest rate ranks 4th highest, level with 4 other counties. See every Louisiana county.

Sales tax in counties next to East Baton Rouge Parish

East Baton Rouge Parish borders 6 counties. The lowest rate next door is 9% in Livingston Parish, LA, which is $15.00 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in East Baton Rouge Parish.

East Baton Rouge Parish and its neighbors, highest rate first
CountyCombined sales tax
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (this county)10.5% to 12.5%
Iberville Parish, LA10.25% to 12.916%
West Baton Rouge Parish, LA10.25% to 10.75%
East Feliciana Parish, LA10% to 11%
St. Helena Parish, LA10% to 11%
Ascension Parish, LA9.5% to 11%
Livingston Parish, LA9% to 11.5%

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. 1.5 percent applies everywhere in the parish, levied by a street and sewer tax at 1.5 percent. No one rate covers the whole parish: the floor of 10.5 percent is at Baton Rouge EBR School District and the ceiling of 12.5 percent is at Third-Florida EDD. That ceiling applies only inside a single development or annexation district rather than across a whole town, so it must not be read as the rate for the surrounding area.

How do I find the exact rate for an address in East Baton Rouge Parish?

Use Louisiana's own address lookup. In East Baton Rouge Parish the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 10.5% to 12.5%.

Who has to collect sales tax in East Baton Rouge 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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