corporate franchise tax
March 21, 2017
Last week, word began circulating that Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration had shelved tax reform ideas that would have made Louisiana’s system more fair and sustainable, pushing instead for the highly regressive gross receipts tax that’s widely considered to be bad tax policy.
March 17, 2017
The various groups that have looked at Louisiana’s broken tax structure have all come to a similar conclusion: The state needs to strengthen its personal income tax by getting rid of expensive deductions, and lower a state sales tax that is the highest in the country (when combined with local levies).