Wesley Muller

Gov. Jeff Landry pushed major corporate and personal income tax cuts through the Louisiana Legislature without leaving the state chronically underfunded.

State lawmakers have agreed to a pared-down version of Gov. Jeff Landry’s tax overhaul package but one that would still affect most people and businesses in Louisiana.

A bill that would expand the state sales tax to apply to labor and services remained sidelined in the House for the third day.

Hundreds of film industry workers filled the hallways of the state Senate chamber Sunday to oppose legislation that would end a program that turned Louisiana into “Hollywood South.”

A central part of Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan that would expand sales taxes to services and labor is dead in its current form, some lawmakers say. 

The Louisiana House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday that would expand sales taxes to digital streaming services, establish a flat tax on corporate income and repeal a whole host of special interest tax breaks.  The legislation is part of Gov. Jeff Landry’s tax overhaul to swap lower income taxes for an expansion of sales taxes […]

While most of Gov. Landry's tax package would free up funding locked in the Louisiana Constitution, another part seems to do the opposite.

The central elements of a bid to revamp Louisiana’s tax system by swapping more sales taxes for a lower flat tax on income cleared the state House of Representatives.

While most of Gov. Landry's tax package would free up funding locked in the Louisiana Constitution, another part seems to do the opposite.

Louisiana’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program will remain in place while most other tax breaks will disappear in state tax structure overhaul.