Taxes in Hammond
Hammond's tax picture combines a real, disclosed, genuinely wide cross-source disagreement on the local property tax rate with Louisiana's genuinely favorable, real 2024-reform flat state income tax.
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Learn moreA real, wide property tax disagreement
Tangipahoa Parish's own cited effective property tax rate carried a genuine, disclosed cross-source spread this pass: Ownwell cited approximately 0.87%, while tax-rates.org cited a much lower approximately 0.36% (a $477 median bill on a $133,400 home).
Louisiana's real flat 3% income tax
Louisiana's 2024 reform (effective January 1, 2025) replaced the old 3-bracket graduated income tax with a flat 3% rate, alongside a near-doubled standard deduction and full elimination of the corporate franchise tax.
The $75,000 homestead exemption still applies
Louisiana's real, statewide $75,000 homestead exemption applies in Hammond as elsewhere -- the first $75,000 of a primary residence's fair market value is exempt from parish/local property tax.
Key takeaways
- Hammond's own effective property tax rate carried a real, wide, disclosed cross-source spread (0.36%-0.87%) this pass.
- Louisiana's real flat 3% state income tax (effective 2025) applies statewide, including in Hammond.
- Confirm a current, address-specific property tax bill directly with the Tangipahoa Parish Assessor.
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