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Apr 13, 2021 12:04 PM
House Speaker Clay Schexnayder’s proposal to centralize Louisiana’s sales tax collection system gets positive reviews from a House committee. Schexnayder proposes using a single board to collect local and sales taxes, which would make it easier on small businesses and assure the right amount of taxes is collected.
“Shame on us if we don’t put the mechanisms in place that our constituents back home are paying for today and we’re not collecting it doing our job.”
A task force came up with Schexnayder’s centralized sales tax collection proposal. It will need two-thirds support in both the House and Senate and Schexnayder says a constitutional amendment to streamline Louisiana’s sales tax system will appear before the voters in the fall.
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An association of cities has taken a neutral stance on a reform bill designed to streamline Louisiana’s complex sales and use tax system and simplify compliance rules for businesses.
“Right now we’re remaining neutral on the bill but continuing to work with all parties involved,” John Gallagher, executive director of the Louisiana Municipal Association, told the
Louisiana Record.
The association’s legislative committee met this week and decided to remain neutral on House Bill 199, authored by House Speaker Clay Schexnayder (R-Gonzales), suggesting that some members approve of the plan and some do not, according to Gallagher.
“Of course our main concern is to preserve local authority – local control – over the collection of sales taxes,” he said, adding that lawmakers will be reviewing details of the proposed constitutional amendment in the coming week as this year’s legislative session gets under way.