Louisiana already considers water, food, and medicine to be essential, which is why you don't pay taxes on those products. Freeman wants items like tampons and diapers added to that list.
The tax break is meant to provide relief for residents recovering from hurricanes Laura and Delta, in addition to the ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis.
Louisiana's sales tax collections from internet purchases are growing, even though the system still involves out-of-state retailers voluntarily remitting taxes for online product sales.
It appears that sometime in 2019 you'll have to start paying sales tax on internet purchases in Louisiana. We just don't know exactly when that'll start.
It's no secret that the Louisiana budget is in the toilet. Gov. John Bel Edwards is looking everywhere he can to find money and get the state back into shape. WWL is reporting Edwards is looking to pass a new tax that will make streaming services like Netflix and Hulu more expensive for Louisianians. But, is it even legal?
If you give the government the right to get money as a result of people’s interaction with the internet, the government will never stop, and they’ll kill the internet sooner or later.
The Department of Revenue secretary said, currently the largest percentage of the budget comes from sales tax collections, which isn’t fair to consumers or businesses.