Oh my word , I must have an elf suit made for my daughters first Christmas ! <| sep |> In Louisiana , there are smaller tax districts within cities . So you can have state , parish , city , and a district . If your business delivers products , the tax rate applied is at point of delivery . It is an unwieldy mess . Brick and mortar shops shouldn ' t have this problem for their on site purchases , though . That excuse isn ' t valid in those cases . They would know their tax rate , and they would print their labels on site from their local pricing database . If stores can do location specific pricing for their goods , they can do it for their tax . If they ' re in a fixed location and selling on site , even in a place with multiple complex jurisdictions this isn ' t difficult .