A new Louisiana bill aims to cut grocery costs by banning local sales tax on food, dairy, and soft drinks— a change that ...

BATON ROUGE – It’s not often that Louisiana leads the country in any category. But for several years, the state has gone above and beyond in one category: sales tax. Friday marked the end of a special ...

Louisiana Speaker of the House Phillip DeVillier, R-Eunice, left, and Senate President Cameron Henry, R-Metairie, speak in the Louisiana House of Representatives on the opening day of a legislative ...

Most households will see lower overall tax liability Sales tax increased to 5% and expanded to digital services 42% of Louisiana taxpayers will see at least a 20% reduction The changes Louisiana ...

Louisiana is set to increase its sales tax rate by a total of 5% on Wednesday, ringing in the new year as the highest in the country, according to Sales Tax Institute, This sales tax increase will ...

Louisiana lawmakers on Thursday postponed a vote on a key bill in Gov. Jeff Landry’s sweeping and complex tax reform package. Most of Landry’s proposed bills, granting approximately $2 billion in ...

The special session on tax reform is expected to wrap up Friday after lengthy negotiations over the last two weeks. Gov. Jeff Landry said the goal is to make Louisiana a more attractive place to do ...

While standing on the deck of a friend’s yacht last week in Bermuda, Gov. Jeff Landry praised a new Louisiana tax break on boat purchases in a short video he shared to social media. “Louisiana’s been ...

In Louisiana, sales taxes are way too high. They need to come down. By most measures, Louisianans pay the highest sales taxes (state and local combined) in the nation. This matters. Sales taxes at ...

Louisiana's only sales tax holiday celebrates Second Amendment and gun ownership this weekend with a tax break for consumers and a sales spike for retailers. Other sales tax holiday suspensions like ...

Changes are coming to tax rates across Louisiana. For ordinary residents, those include the sales tax you pay at the store and online checkout as well as the amount you owe on your yearly income tax ...

Yet less than half a year ago, Louisiana lawmakers went in the wrong direction. In the midst of a host of tax reforms and trade-offs, they actually raised state sales tax rates rather than reduced ...