BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) - 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 ...

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 ...

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 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’s GOP-dominated legislature passed tax cuts on personal and corporate income on Friday in exchange for a statewide sales tax increase, giving Gov. Jeff Landry much of what he wanted after ...

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 ...

Louisiana lawmakers began debating bills Thursday that would revamp the state's tax code by lowering income taxes for all workers while adding sales taxes to services not currently taxed and raising ...

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 ...

Louisiana has just revamped its tax system and the changes that kick in next year could significantly impact residents' wallets. Led by Gov. Jeff Landry, this comprehensive reform is designed to ...

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 ...