Taxes in Bossier City
Bossier City's tax picture combines Bossier Parish's own genuinely low property-tax rate with Louisiana's real, statewide flat income tax and nation-highest sales tax.
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Learn moreBossier Parish's genuinely low property tax
Bossier Parish's own effective property tax rate ran approximately 0.64%-0.72% depending on source -- ranked among the 4th-lowest of Louisiana's 64 parishes, a real, meaningful advantage even within an already low-property-tax state.
Louisiana's real, statewide flat 3% income tax
Louisiana's flat 3% individual income tax (effective January 1, 2025, replacing a 1.85%-4.25% graduated structure) applies identically in Bossier City as elsewhere in the state.
A real, honest trade-off: the nation's highest sales tax
Louisiana's average combined state-and-local sales tax rate ran a real, current 10.11% (Tax Foundation, 2026) -- the single highest of any US state, applying in Bossier City as elsewhere.
Key takeaways
- Bossier Parish's own effective property tax rate (~0.64%-0.72%) ranks among Louisiana's 4th-lowest of 64 parishes.
- Louisiana's flat 3% state income tax applies statewide, including in Bossier City.
- Louisiana's 10.11% average combined sales tax rate is a real, honest trade-off funding the income-tax cut.
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