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Sales tax in Sabine Parish, Louisiana

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated

There is no single sales tax rate in Sabine Parish. It runs from 9.625% to 11.625% 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 Sabine Parish?

Sales tax rate components in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana state rate5%
Local tax applying countywide4.125%
Lowest combined rate in the county9.625%
Highest combined rate in the county11.625%

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

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

At 9.625%, a $100 purchase carries $9.63 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $96.25, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 11.625%, the same purchases carry $11.63 and $116.25. That is general merchandise; Louisiana taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among Louisiana's 63 counties, Sabine Parish's lowest rate ranks 27th highest. See every Louisiana county.

Sales tax in counties next to Sabine Parish

Sabine Parish borders 6 counties, 3 of them in another state. The lowest rate next door is 6.25% in Shelby County, TX, which is $33.75 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in Sabine Parish.

Sabine Parish and its neighbors, highest rate first
CountyCombined sales tax
Sabine Parish, LA (this county)9.625% to 11.625%
De Soto Parish, LA9% to 10.5%
Natchitoches Parish, LA9% to 12.5%
Vernon Parish, LA9% to 10.5%
Newton County, TX8.25%
Sabine County, TX6.75% 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. 4.125 percent applies everywhere in the parish, levied by the school board at 2 percent, the police jury at 1 percent, the law enforcement district at 0.75 percent, the council on aging at 0.25 percent and the district attorney at 0.125 percent. No one rate covers the whole parish: the floor of 9.625 percent is at Balance of Parish Sch. Dist. 2 and the ceiling of 11.625 percent is at Zwolle.

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

Use Louisiana's own address lookup. In Sabine Parish the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 9.625% to 11.625%.

Who has to collect sales tax in Sabine 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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