Which Column? 
  
 The Ascension Parish Sales and Use Tax Authority collects for ten taxing bodies within Ascension Parish.  They are: 
  
 1. Ascension Parish School Board                    6.  Parish of Ascension 
 2.    City of Gonzales                              7.  East Ascension Drainage District 
 3.  City of Donaldsonville                          8.  Ascension Parish Sales Tax District # 2 
 4.  Town of Sorrento                                9.  West Ascension Hospital Service District 
 5. Ascension Parish Law Enforcement District        10.  Tanger Mall Development District (within Gonzales) 
  
 The Taxing jurisdiction of the Ascension Parish School Board includes the entire parish.  Each of the remaining taxing 
 jurisdictions is limited to a specific geographic area of the parish.   The Cities of Gonzales, Donaldsonville and Sorrento are 
 limited to taxable transactions that take place within their respective city limits.  In contrast, the jurisdictions for the Parish 
 of Ascension, Ascension Parish Sales Tax District #2, and the Ascension Parish Law Enforcement District include the entire 
 parish except for those transactions located within the city limits of Gonzales, Donaldsonville and Sorrento.  Ascension 
 Parish is blessed with having the Mississippi River flowing through its boundaries.  The East Ascension Parish Drainage 
 District is limited to all taxable transactions on the east side of the Mississippi River including Gonzales and Sorrento.  The 
 West Ascension Parish Hospital Service District is limited to all taxable transactions on the west side of the Mississippi 
 River including Donaldsonville.  Finally, the City of Gonzales created the Tanger Mall Development District and beginning 
 July 1, 2012 they have imposed a 1% sales tax for transactions within a portion of Tanger Mall. Please contact the Authority 
 if you need assistance on which store locations are within the District. 
  
 When reporting your sales tax return, it is very important that you report your sales tax under the correct column.  This can 
 easily be accomplished by asking the following questions: 
  
 1. Did the taxable transaction take place within the city limits of Gonzales, Donaldsonville, or Sorrento?  If yes, 
    those transactions would be reported as follows: 
     
         Transactions within:                        Report Under:                 At the Rate of: 
         Gonzales                                    Column A                 4.5% 
         Gonzales-Tanger Mall Dev. Dist.             Column G                 5.5%  (Starting 7/1/2012) 
         Sorrento                                    Column B                 4.5% 
         Donaldsonville                              Column D                 5.0%  (.5% increase 7/1/2012) 
  
 2. Did the taxable transaction take place outside the city limits of Gonzales, Donaldsonville or Sorrento?  If yes, then you 
    would report as follows: 
  
                        Transactions:                      Report Under:           At the Rate of: 
         East of the Mississippi River               Column C                 4.5% 
         -Includes the communities: Geismar, Prairieville, Brittany, St. Amant, Darrow, Burnside, 
         Duplessis, Dutchtown and Galvez. 
         - Includes the industrial plants: BASF, Shell, Rubicon, Lion Copolymer, Honeywell International, 
         Lone Star NGL Refinery Services, Westlake Vinyls, EI DuPont, Momentive Specialty Chemicals, 
         BJ Services, Air Liquide, PCS Nitrogen, Air Products, Praxair, Ormet, Williams Olefins, 
         Innophos, Occidental Chemical and Dynamic Fuels 
         West of the Mississippi River               Column E                 4.5% 
         - Includes the industrial plants: CF Industries, and Mississippi Nitrogen (Terra Industries) 
 
 Remember that sales of tangible personal property are taxable where the customer accepts delivery of the movable property.  
 Services that are taxable by law, such as repairs, are taxable where the service is performed, not where the customer accepts 
 delivery.  Some exceptions may apply.  
  
 The Ascension Parish Sales and Use Tax Authority is a proud and active member of the Louisiana Association of Tax 
 Administrators.  LATA’s home page is WWW.LAOTA.com.  Through this site, you can obtain the Ascension Parish sales tax 
 return and application.  This site also has information for other parishes. Additional blank sales tax reports and the instructions 
 are available on the Ascension page of www.laota.com.   
  
 Taxpayers are encouraged to file electronically at www.salestaxonline.com or www.parishefile.com.  Both services are free.  
  
 If you should have any question, please call the Ascension Parish Sales and Use Tax Authority at 225-621-2635.