Breakdown of City-Parish Tax Collections (includes Vehicle Tax
Collections)

For December 2009, compared to December 2008, tax collections reflected a 15.25%
decrease for the City and Parish combined. Year-to-date collections reflect a
5.96% decrease.
Historical information relative to sales and use tax
collections is presented below.
RECURRING SALES TAX COLLECTIONS
For the Five Year Period 2005-2009
2% General Fund Tax |
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2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
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January |
$10,684,278 |
$12,931,962 |
$12,657,235 |
$12,831,422 |
$13,511,624 |
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February |
10,659,108 |
12,744,972 |
12,420,439 |
13,362,440 |
12,747,365 |
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March |
12,034,319 |
15,145,916 |
14,341,675 |
14,166,801 |
14,346,714 |
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April |
11,426,756 |
13,152,237 |
13,134,552 |
13,860,080 |
13,489,691 |
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May |
11,664,665 |
13,651,385 |
13,950,537 |
14,261,875 |
13,160,873 |
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June |
12,009,935 |
14,088,632 |
13,989,672 |
14,495,313 |
14,016,220 |
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July |
11,196,094 |
12,762,616 |
13,487,479 |
13,849,911 |
13,095,595 |
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August |
10,971,692 |
13,831,714 |
13,901,698 |
13,752,261 |
13,525,881 |
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September |
14,023,804 |
13,605,351 |
13,511,754 |
13,257,039 |
13,047,623 |
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October |
14,522,705 |
13,425,552 |
13,655,932 |
16,079,741 |
12,477,865 |
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November |
13,805,245 |
13,092,285 |
13,663,271 |
13,782,390 |
12,766,255 |
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December |
16,996,388 |
15,988,526 |
16,079,866 |
17,677,657 |
14,981,527
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Year |
$149,994,989 |
$164,421,148 |
$164,794,110 |
$171,376,930 |
$161,167,233 |
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Yearly Increase/(Decrease): |
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Amount |
$17,220,574 |
$14,426,159 |
$372,962 |
$6,582,820 |
-$10,209,697 |
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Percentage |
12.97% |
9.62% |
0.23% |
3.99% |
-5.96% |
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NOTE 1: The above report represents a customized presentation of
"recurring" sales and use tax collections for use primarily by the management of
City-Parish Government for various purposes including revenue forecasting. Amounts set
forth are unaudited. They may not include certain non-recurring transactions such as those
related to tax audits or year-end audit adjustments, which could distort comparisons.
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NOTE 2: Since this is a customized report for special purposes as explained in
Note 1 above, the monthly and annual totals in the report will generally be different than
totals reflected in accounting records.
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