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If money talks, the Louisiana Legislature’s 2021 session may be the most loquacious ever. Rising state revenue combined with eye-blinking billions of federal stimulus dollars – plus major tax reform proposals – will drive decisions impacting the state and its citizens for many years to come.
2021 Regular Session Policy Priority: Guided by the principle of low tax rates and broad tax bases, provide a fairer, simpler, and more competitive tax environment for individuals and businesses that also produces stable, sufficient state revenue for essential government operations and services.
2021 Regular Session Policy Priority: Centralized tax collection and audit that respects and protects local revenue streams and businesses and ensures the collection of tax from online and shipped sales are consistent with federal law and court rulings.
Federal largesse and leadership cooperation got the new Legislature through its first budget crisis. Now on to the next one.
Your holiday shopping guide to the byzantine world of Louisiana’s online sales tax.
Session relishes stability but not reform. Perhaps the most extraordinary thing about the 2019 legislative season was the lack of extraordinary sessions.
Louisiana should provide a fair, simple and competitive tax environment for individuals and businesses that produces sufficient and stable revenue for essential government operations and services.