Parish, LC tax collections have risen steadily
Published 6:00 pm Wednesday, March 21, 2018
How much in sales and property taxes have the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury and the city of Lake Charles taken in over the last five years?
Sales and property tax totals for 2007 to 2016, as listed in the Police Jury’s latest financial report, released by the state Legislative Auditor’s Office in July:
2016 — sales tax, $60 million; property tax, $52 million.
2015 — sales tax, $55 million; property tax, $49 million.
2014 — sales tax, $43 million; property tax, $45 million.
2013 — sales tax, $39 million; property tax, $42 million.
2012 — sales tax, $40 million; property tax, $39 million.
2011 — sales tax, $37 million; property tax, $39 million.
2010 — sales tax, $32 million; property tax, $36 million.
2009 — sales tax, $30 million; property tax, $34 million.
2008 — sales tax, $39 million; property tax, $31 million.
2007 — sales tax, $35 million; property tax, $29 million.
Sales and property tax totals for Lake Charles over the same period, as listed in the city’s latest financial report, released last May:
2016 — sales tax, $61 million; property tax, $10 million.
2015 — sales tax, $55 million; property tax, $9 million.
2014 — sales tax, $51 million; property tax, $9 million.
2013 — sales tax, $47 million; property tax, $8 million.
2012 — sales tax, $46 million; property tax, $8 million.
2011 — sales tax, $43 million; property tax, $8 million.
2010 — sales tax, $42 million; property tax, $7 million.
2009 — sales tax, $45 million; property tax, $7 million.
2008 — sales tax, $46 million; property tax, $7 million.
2007 — sales tax, $45 million; property tax, $7 million.
Online: www.lla.la.gov.
No earnings limit at full retirement age
If you start collecting Social Security at 65, are you entitled to make as much money as you want — like go back to work for somebody full time and collect your full Social Security check?
“You can get Social Security retirement benefits and work at the same time,” reads a page on the website of the Social Security Administration.
“However, if you are younger than full retirement age and make more than the yearly earnings limit, we will reduce your benefit. Starting with the month you reach full retirement age, we will not reduce your benefits no matter how much you earn.”
Online: www.ssa.gov.
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