tax offsets

The goal of the session is to lower personal and corporate income tax rates and make Louisiana a more attractive place to live and do business. But the decrease in revenue for the state budget means sales taxes on more goods and services must be implemented and or raised.

Louisiana lawmakers are considering a bill that would expand the state’s tax base to include about 50 more services.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has called the Legislature into a special session to make a deal on tax reform, according to a proclamation issued Saturday.

The bill that was supposed to save the budget from Governor Bobby Jindal’s veto pen sank in House committee Wednesday.Jack Donahue’s SB 284, known as the…