N.C. tax reform: A model for Louisiana

By Editor

02/23/2021

by Brian Balfour, senior vice president of research, John Locke Foundation If Louisiana wants to look for inspiration for tax reform, they could do no better than North Carolina. Aggressive, yet sensible, tax cuts paired with fiscal restraint is what made North Carolina “The national model for conservative tax reform,” according to Patrick Gleason, vice...

TAGS: Americans for Tax Reform, jobs and opportunity, North Carolina, Tax Foundation, tax reform

Louisiana Tailgating May Cost More This Season

09/14/2016

When you head to the store to load up on supplies for tailgating this weekend, you will probably find some of your party necessities cost more than last year.

TAGS: excise taxes, Tax Foundation

Louisiana Ranked Among Worst States for Business

05/18/2016

Remarkably, the report ranks Louisiana 30 spots lower than it did last year. This represents the largest decline of any state in the nation.

TAGS: Best and Worst States for Business, Chief Executive survey, Louisiana, Tax Foundation

Happy Tax Freedom Day, Louisiana!

04/07/2016

All in all, Americans will spend more on taxes than they will on food, housing and clothing combined.

TAGS: Tax Foundation, Tax Freedom Day

Guest Commentary: Governor Edwards, Please Don’t Make Me Regret Moving to Louisiana

By Margaret Viator

02/26/2016

But raising the state sales tax without reducing other taxes will just knock the state of its top-five states for taxes and distance itself from the leaders in the country.

TAGS: Sales Tax, Tax Foundation

Louisiana’s Business Climate Rated Highly in Recent Studies

By Matt Cole

11/12/2012

It is widely expected that tax reform will be the Jindal administration’s primary goal in the 2013 Louisiana legislative session. In a recent Advocate report, Tim Barfield from the Department of Revenue addressed the need for reform, pointing out that it is the “sticker price” and not the actual tax burden that is hampering “Louisiana's efforts to attract businesses.”

TAGS: Bobby Jindal, Tax Foundation, tax reform, Taxes, Tim Barfield

Study Says Unemployment Benefits Hurting Job Growth

By Robert Ross

10/28/2011

A recent Tax Foundation study contends that the unemployment insurance system is in need of an overhaul, as the current system “[exacerbates] negative job growth”.

TAGS: Alan Reynolds, Brookings Institute, Cato Institute, Eric Cantor, Joseph Henchman, Lawrence Summers, National Employment Law Project, Tax Foundation, Unemployment Insurance, Walter Block

Louisiana’s Local Sales Taxes Highest in Nation

By Robert Ross

09/30/2011

Despite having the second lowest statewide sales tax rate in the U.S., a new study shows that Louisiana's combined state and local sales taxes are third highest in the nation, at 8.84 percent.

TAGS: Local Sales Tax, Sales Tax, Scott Drenkard, Tax Foundation

Legislative Update: Louisiana’s Taxation Strategies Garner National Attention

By Editor

06/17/2011

Fergus Hodgson provides an overview of tax policy changes within the current legislative session.

TAGS: Amazon Tax, Fergus Hodgson, Income tax, Pelican Institute, Tax Foundation

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

Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government

In their report “Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government,” Ted Bolema, Ph.D., J.D., Antitrust and Competition Fellow at the Innovators Network Foundation, and Vance Ginn, Ph.D., Chief Economist at the Pelican Institute, write that while the current frustrations with the size of large tech companies and censorship practices may be warranted, giving...

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