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Sales tax in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated

There is no single sales tax rate in West Baton Rouge Parish. It runs from 10.25% to 10.75% 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 West Baton Rouge Parish?

Sales tax rate components in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana state rate5%
Local tax applying countywide5.25%
Lowest combined rate in the county10.25%
Highest combined rate in the county10.75%

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

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

At 10.25%, a $100 purchase carries $10.25 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $102.50, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 10.75%, the same purchases carry $10.75 and $107.50. That is general merchandise; Louisiana taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among Louisiana's 63 counties, West Baton Rouge Parish's lowest rate ranks 9th highest, level with 3 other counties. See every Louisiana county.

Sales tax in counties next to West Baton Rouge Parish

West Baton Rouge Parish borders 5 counties. The lowest rate next door is 9.25% in Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, which is $10.00 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in West Baton Rouge Parish.

West Baton Rouge Parish and its neighbors, highest rate first
CountyCombined sales tax
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA10.5% to 12.5%
Iberville Parish, LA10.25% to 12.916%
West Baton Rouge Parish, LA (this county)10.25% to 10.75%
East Feliciana Parish, LA10% to 11%
West Feliciana Parish, LA10% to 10.5%
Pointe Coupee Parish, LA9.25% to 10.25%

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. 5.25 percent applies everywhere in the parish, levied by the school board at 1 percent, the parish council at 1 percent, a correctional facilities tax at 0.5 percent, a fire district at 0.5 percent, an educational facilities improvement tax at 1 percent, a parish sales tax district at 1 percent and the judicial enforcement district at 0.25 percent. No one rate covers the whole parish: the floor of 10.25 percent is in the balance of the parish outside any municipality and the ceiling of 10.75 percent is at Riverview 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 West Baton Rouge Parish?

Use Louisiana's own address lookup. In West Baton Rouge Parish the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 10.25% to 10.75%.

Who has to collect sales tax in West 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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