Baton Rouge City and Parish Monthly Sales Tax Collections

Monthly sales tax collections for the 2% City of Baton Rouge tax, 2% Unincorporated East Baton Rouge Parish tax, and the combined City-Parish tax. Figures are broken down into regular collections managed by the City-Parish Revenue Division and vehicle tax collections managed by the State Department of Public Safety. The dataset includes separate totals for city, parish, and combined jurisdictions, as well as subtotals for vehicle and non-vehicle sales.

Use Cases

• Tracking municipal revenue trends over time using YEAR and MONTH columns.
• Analyzing the contribution of vehicle sales to total tax revenue using CITY VEHICLE SALES TAX COLLECTIONS and PARISH VEHICLE TAX COLLECTIONS.
• Comparing tax collection performance between city and unincorporated parish areas using CITY TOTAL TAX COLLECTIONS and PARISH TOTAL TAX COLLECTIONS.
• Forecasting combined City-Parish budget revenue using the CITY-PARISH TOTAL TAX COLLECTIONS column.

Strengths

• Provides a detailed breakdown of tax revenue by jurisdiction (City, Parish, Combined) and source (Vehicle, Non-Vehicle).
• Appears on multiple government data platforms (Socrata, Data.gov), indicating official provenance and likely maintenance.
• The column set from Socrata is specific and includes 12 distinct financial metrics for analysis.

Limitations

• Key metadata is missing or conflicting: the last updated date differs between sources (2026-05-06 on Socrata vs. 2026-04-12 on Data.gov), and row count, size, license, and author are unknown.
• The dataset's temporal coverage (start and end years) is not specified, limiting understanding of its historical scope.
• Documentation gaps exist, such as the definition of 'tax period' and the methodology for distinguishing vehicle from non-vehicle sales.

Provenance

Source

City of Baton Rouge

Collection Method

Collected by the City-Parish Revenue Division (regular tax) and the State Department of Public Safety (vehicle tax).

Freshness

2026-05-06 15:39:04 (from Socrata)

Geography

City of Baton Rouge and Unincorporated East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA.