Notifications & Information

Rate Increase in West Baton Rouge Parish 

Please be advised that a new taxing jurisdiction has been created in West Baton Rouge Parish called the 18th Judicial Enforcement District. The 18th Judicial Enforcement District is levying a parishwide sales and use tax of 0.25%.

Effective July 1, 2024, all dealers must charge and collect an additional 0.25% sales and use
tax, upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, and the storage for
use or consumption, of tangible personal property and upon the sale of services as defined in applicable statutory authority.

The increase will cause Column A to change from 5.00% to 5.25% and Column B to change
from 5.50% to 5.75%. The new tax will have the same rates for vendor’s compensation,
interest and penalty as the other taxes levied by this Parish.

You may download the new sales and use tax return from our home page at the Louisiana
Association of Tax Administrators website, http://laota.com/.

If you have any questions or require additional information you may contact our office at
(225) 336-2408 or revenue@wbrcouncil.org. The hours of operation are 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monday - Thursday and 8:00 am-12:00 pm on Friday.

As new information becomes available, we will be posting it to the LAOTA website. 

You can file the form online.

Businesses No Longer in Operation

If this business has been sold or is no longer in operation, please notify this office in writing, making sure to include your account number. For your convenience, you may email this notice or fax it to 225-334-0543.

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If you have any questions or require additional information you may contact our office. The hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to Noon on Friday.