Amazon Tax Passes House, Moves to the Senate

By Robert Ross

06/13/2011

An expansion of state taxing powers - HB 641 - better known as the Amazon tax, passed the House today with a vote of 78 to 14.

TAGS: Amazon Tax, HB 641, Rosalind Jones, Tax Foundation

Step into the Light, School Boards

By Fergus Hodgson

05/31/2011

Pending website transparency requirements seek to place boards that govern public schools under greater scrutiny. But opponents caution that this is another layer of compliance that will transfer resources away from the classroom.

TAGS: Charter Schools, HB 559, Rosalind Jones, Transparency

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future paper-digital In Louisiana’s Comeback: A Tax Reform for Our Brighter Future, the Pelican Institute identifies the state’s significant tax problems and proposes a path to set the state in a brighter direction, including flattening the personal and corporate income taxes to 3.5% rates, reducing the number of tax preferences, eliminating...

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