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State and local taxes and tax policy are among the more important considerations in decisions to locate, expand or continue a business operation. When the essential factors, such as labor, raw materials, transportation and access to markets, are equal, state and local taxes can tip the scales. Businesses also stress the importance of tax stability, […]
This study was not designed to be an exhaustive analysis of all the issues involved in public contacting for legal services. Rather it was intended to provide factual information which would enable us to identify areas of concern and provide a basis for additional inquiry.
Last year’s effort to enact a balanced state budget for FY 2000-01 was a chaotic and confusing process requiring three legislative sessions, serious spending cuts and $211.5 million in temporary new taxes.
In The Politics of Reform, author and journalist John Maginnis traces a half century of PAR’s central role in major issues of our times–desegregation, public corruption, the new constitution, reapportionment, campaign finance and fiscal reform.
The value added tax (VAT), or more specifically its close cousin the single business tax (SBT), has captured the imagination of the administration. The concept has been moving towards proposal in the April fiscal session. However, it has been flying largely below radar.
In preparing to meet the fiscal challenges for the coming budget year 2000-01, it is useful to examine Louisiana’s revenue structure and spending priorities in a national and southern context.
Louisiana is now one of only three states in the nation, so far, to create a permanent endowment fund with its tobacco settlement. It is the only state to have done so by constitutional amendment.