Sales Tax Revenue Shows Signs Of Life In Shreveport

We all talk about taxes and how we don't like to pay them. But they are important to keep the wheels of government moving. Shreveport is very heavily dependent on sales taxes.

64% of the city budget depends on sales tax dollars so this is a number local leaders watch closely.

Residents pay 9.6% in sales taxes. 5% goes to the state and 4.6% goes to local government.

How Are Sales Tax Revenues in Shreveport?

Data from the Center for Business and Economic Research at LSUS shows the City of Shreveport collected $40,619,448 in taxes in the first quarter of 2025. This was a 0.3% increase over the first quarter of 2024.

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Sales Tax Comparison for Past 3 Years:

2025 Sales Tax Revenue Shreveport

January $15.3 million
February $12.9 million
March $12.3 million
April $14.5 million
May $13.9 million

2024 Sales Tax Revenue Shreveport

January $15.2 million
February $12.6 million
March $12.5 million
April $13.7 million
May $13.0 million

2023 Sales Tax Revenue Shreveport

January $15.9 million
February $12.5 million
March $12.2 million
April $14.8 million
May $12.9 million

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We are not seeing dramatic movement in sales tax revenues. The highest month over the past 5 years was January of 2023 when the city brought in $15.9 million in sales tax revenues.

For the first 3 quarters of last year, sales tax revenues for the city of Shreveport were dropping. There was a pretty good bounce back of 3.6% in the 4th quarter when the revenues jumped back up to close to $41 million for the quarter.

For the first quarter of this year, sales tax revenues are up a modest .3% from last year. Shreveport brought in $40.6 million during the first 3 months of 2025 compared to $40.5 million for the first 3 months of 2024.

Once the June numbers are in, we will be able to compare the first 6 months of the year to see how we are shaping up.