Louisiana senate advances $380 million annual sales tax bill for roads
The bills would make Louisiana's temporary 0.45-cent sales tax permanent. The bill now goes back to the full Senate.
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The bills would make Louisiana's temporary 0.45-cent sales tax permanent. The bill now goes back to the full Senate.
Bill to extend portion of state sales tax to pay for infrastructure passes Senate Finance Committee
Louisiana sales tax bill draws enough opposition to kill it A key group of House Republicans announced Wednesday its objection to a Senate-led effort to permanently keep a 0.45% state sales tax that is otherwise scheduled to roll off the books in four years, opposition that could doom the proposal’s chance of passage. Still, senators plowed ahead with their effort to strip the tax’s expiration date and steer the money to road and bridge work, starting in 2025. The Senate Finance Committee voted 7-4 to send the proposal to the full Senate for debate. But the Louisiana Conservative Caucus â...
LA SALES TAX OPPOSITION — In 2018 Louisiana lawmakers passed a less than half-cent (0.45%) sales tax to stabilize state finances. At the time the state was
The debate is expected to be hashed out this week in the Senate Finance Committee. The nine-week legislative session must end by June 10.