State revenue collections show improvements

BATON ROUGE – September 2016 Net Receipts Report shows that total state revenues for 2016-2017 was $2.175 billion, a 25 percent increase compared to that time last year, according to the Louisiana Department of Treasury.Sales tax collections increased to 35 percent compared to last year, along with individual income tax, gasoline and special fuels tax and miscellaneous tax collections that also improved.A breakdown of the improvements are below:- General sales tax cash receipts for the