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Ah, I'm thinking of my local understanding that many of the Mardi Gras Krewe's have beads and other objects donated to them for tax write-offs for businesses, or they get the whole float sponsored, etc.

>tax revenue generated by the production and sale of those "pollutants."

The other local problem being from 1985 to 2024 Mardi Gras beads were sale tax exempt, but we've somewhat closed that loophole to more specific circumstances.[1]

[1]https://casetext.com/regulation/louisiana-administrative-cod...




It's a little bit of both actually. The point is when you draw in a massive crowd to a city for an event you generate huge amounts of taxes. Airport taxes, hotel taxes, sales taxes, they all take an appreciable jump. Even without the tax on beads, which as a percentage, was never going to be astronomical, it's around $15 million in sales tax increases alone.

The total economic value of Mardi Gras to the city as a whole is estimated around $800m.

This, by the way, is true for almost any successful event. For every $1 you invest you generate at least $2 in revenue.




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