But House lawmakers voted 71-23 to make a temporary 0.40% sales tax increase permanent. Lawmakers shaved off 0.05% to bring ...

The Louisiana House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday that would expand sales taxes to digital streaming ...

THAT’S WHAT GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRIEU IS ASKING LAWMAKERS TO DO DURING A THIRD SPECIAL SESSION THIS YEAR ... OF SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS. THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES A PERMANENT PAY RAISE FOR LOUISIANA ...

45-cent sales tax in 2018 that expires July 1 next year. Moller also questioned the narrative of Landry and Nelson that Louisiana’s economy isn’t growing quickly enough because of high income ...

This move will cost the state $1.3 billion a year. That has to be paid for, where the package lays out a plan to expand the 4.45% sales tax to apply ... how families in Louisiana are actually ...

The Louisiana legislature has advanced a bill that will add dozens of services to be subject to sales tax. Lawmakers showed ...

Some businesses owners will indeed need to learn new skills related to collecting and remitting sales taxes, said Steven Procopio, president of the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana ...

Louisiana Lawmakers Advance Gov. Jeff Landry's Tax Cut Bills BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers advanced bills to flatten the state's income tax rate and repeal the corporate franchise ...

NONPROFIT GROUP INVEST IN LOUISIANA ... next year and then more than $1 billion each year thereafter. To cover the cost, the administration is proposing to renew an expiring 0.45% sales tax ...

It is part of a broader plan to expand the sales tax base to pay off the lost revenue of an income tax cut. “Most of the digital goods were once taxed by the Louisiana ... a year to the state ...

Jeff Landry holds a copy of the Louisiana tax code during his ... aim to stabilize the state budget after years of relying on a temporary sales tax that is scheduled to expire June 30.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers returned to the state Capitol on Wednesday for their third special legislative session of the year, this time with a focus on tax reform.