Finance
The Department of Finance is responsible for accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, collection and distribution of funds, fiscal management, maintenance and indebtedness and investments and entity-wide transaction compliance monitoring. Finance provides administrative and technical support to ensure that the finances of the Parish are maintained according to adopted administrative policies and generally accepted accounting principles for the governmental sector; and shall advise Administration and the governing authority on the fiscal soundness of the Parish in compliance with any and all applicable rules, laws, standards and policies. Each fiscal year, The Department of Finance prepares the Annual Operating and Capital Budget, which is public record and available for download below. The Finance Department has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for eighteen consecutive years. In 2013, St. Tammany Parish earned a sewerage and water debt rating upgrade from Standard and Poor's because of several criteria including the Parish system maintaining a strong financial profile.
The mission of the Department of Finance is to ensure accountability for the public's funds. Finance strives to transparently and completely document that those funds are used soundly and appropriately; and that risks associated with the funds are identified and reduced. Finance also works to ensure that it receives all required information needed from other departments in order to demonstrate, to the citizens which the government serves, that public funds are being efficiently and effectively used for their needs and benefit.
The vision of the Department of Finance is to preserve the public trust by continually ensuring that economic resources provided by the taxpayers, other governments and outside entities are properly accounted for in a precise, consistent and ethical manner in compliance with all applicable laws and accounting standards. Finance seeks to preserve the public trust in the Parish government and its use of the public's money by providing accurate and timely data, through support of the departments.
In compliance with R.S.24:523.1, St. Tammany Parish Government is posting this notice for anyone to report any suspected fraud, waste, or abuse of public funding. For more information, click the image below to visit the Louisiana Legislative Auditor's website.
Transparency - Financial Documents
Below are the Parish's financial documents, produced each year. Feel free to explore them and learn more about how and where your Parish Government spends your tax dollars. If you have questions, we will be happy to speak to you and help you in any way we can. Please contact the Department of Finance
Document Center
The Document Center provides easy access to public documents. Click on one of the categories below to see related documents or use the search function.
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Documents sorted by SEQ in Ascending Order within category
Documents sorted by SEQ in Ascending Order within category
OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET15 documents
- 2024 Operating and Capital Budget (Proposed)
- 2023 Operating and Capital Budget (Proposed)
- 2022 Operating and Capital Budget (Proposed)
- 2021 Operating and Capital Budget (Proposed)
- 2020 Operating and Capital Budget (Proposed)
- 2019 Operating and Capital Budget
- 2018 Operating and Capital Budget
- 2017 Operating and Capital Budget
- 2016 Operating and Capital Budget
- 2015 Operating and Capital Budget
- 2014 Operating and Capital Budget
- 2013 Operating and Capital Budget
- 2012 Operating and Capital Budget
- 2011 Operating and Capital Budgets
- 2010 Operating and Capital Budgets
ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT (ACFR)13 documents
- 2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- 2020 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- 2019 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- 2018 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- 2017 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- 2016 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- 2015 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- 2014 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- 2013 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- 2012 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- 2011 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- 2010 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
ORDINANCES69 documents
- Adopted 2024 Operating Ordinance
- Adopted 2024 Capital Ordinance and Exhibit
- 22-5059 2023 Adopted Operating Ordinance
- 22-5060 Adopted Capital Ordinance
- 23-5242 Operating Ordinance July 2023
- 23-5240 Operating Ordinance July 2023
- 23-5212 Operating Ordinance July 2023
- 23-5211 Operating Ordinance July 2023
- 23-5210 Operating Ordinance July 2023
- 23-5159 Operating Ordinance May 2023
- 23-5158 Operating Ordinance May 2023
- 23-5148 Operating Ordinance April 2023
- 23-5146 Operating Ordinance April 2023
- 23-5119 Operating Ordinance March 2023
- 23-5118 Operating Ordinance March 2023
- 23-5073 Operating Ordinance December 2022
- 22-4879 Operating Ordinance May 2022
- 22-4787 Operating Ordinance January 2022
- 21-4712 Adopted 2022 Operating Ordinance
202213 documents
- 22-5018 Operating Ordinance October 2022
- 22-5008 Operating Ordinance September 2022
- 22-5004 Operating Ordinance September 2022
- 22-5057 Operating Ordinance November 2022
- 22-5057 Operating Ordinance November 2022
- 22-5065 Operating Ordinance December 2022
- 22-4968 Operating Ordinance August 2022
- 22-4957 Operating Ordinance August 2022
- 22-4949 Operating Ordinance August 2022
- 22-4879 Operating Ordinance May 2022
- 22-4856 Operating Ordinance April 2022
- 22-4824 Operating Ordinance March 2022
- 22-4823 Operating Ordinance March 2022
202116 documents
- 21-4711 Operating Ordinance November 2021
- 21-4709 Operating Ordinance October 2021
- 21-4708 Operating Ordinance October 2021
- 21-4689 Operating Ordinance September 2021
- 21-4661 Operating Ordinance August 2021
- 21-4646 Operating Ordinance July 2021
- 21-4606 Operating Ordinance June 2021
- 21-4572 Operating Ordinance May 2021
- 21-4542 Operating Ordinance April 2021
- 21-4526 Operating Ordinance March 2021
- 21-4521 Operating Ordinance March 2021
- 21-4505 Operating Ordinance February 2021
- 21-4481 Operating Ordinance January 2021
- 20-4453 Adopted 2021 Operating Ordinance
- 21-4586 Operating Ordinance May 2021
- 21-4549 Operating Ordinance April 2021
202014 documents
- 20-4418 Operating Ordinance November 2020
- 20-4384 Operating Ordinance October 2020
- 20-4362 Operating Ordinance September 2020
- 20-4361 Operating Ordinance September 2020
- 20-4301 Operating Ordinance June 2020
- 20-4300 Operating Ordinance June 2020
- 20-4293 Operating Ordinance June 2020
- 20-4272 Operating Ordinance April and May 2020
- 20-4272 Operating Ordinance April and May 2020
- 20-4251 Operating Ordinance March 2020
- 20-4235 Operating Ordinance February 2020
- 20-4220 Operating Ordinance January 2020
- 2020 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
- 19-4203 Operating Ordinance December 2019