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The Special Education and Sales Tax departments for the Lafayette Parish School System have been moved to a new location. LPSS says that both departments are now located at 207 Town Center Parkway in Lafayette. Offices for the Sales Tax department were Continue reading Louisiana – LPSS Relocates Special Education And Sales Tax Departments
Louisiana finished 50th in a study by the Tax Foundation examining which states have the most business-friendly sales tax structures. The state’s ranking remained unchanged from its 2018 score, according to the foundation’s analysis, which is part of a wider study titled Continue reading Louisiana – By The Numbers: Louisiana Ranks Worst On Sales Tax Study
The state chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business will push for a state constitutional amendment creating a single sales tax collector for Louisiana, said Dawn Starns, the NFIB’s Louisiana director. She said the potential amendment has a promised Continue reading Louisiana – Small-Business Advocate Calls For Constitutional Amendment To Unify Sales Tax Collection
The Louisiana Department of Revenue has issued Information Bulletin No. 18-002, Remote Sellers Information Bulletin. The purpose of this bulletin is to provide a general definition for remote sellers as well as to provide further administrative guidance. To View The Bulletin: Continue reading Louisiana – Remote Sellers Information Bulletin No. 18-002
The procedures for how Louisiana will collect taxes on sales over the internet in two weeks were approved in a 5-2 vote Tuesday. The directive tells out-of-state website vendors how they can register and when they should start collecting sales Continue reading Louisiana – Heads Up, Louisiana: Taxes On Internet Sales To Be Collected Jan. 1; Here Are The Rules
How have audits changed, post-Wayfair? The answer supplied by a snap survey of states is that states are more likely to audit the person or entity that is registering, collecting, and remitting taxes on remote sales under the various economic Continue reading Multi-State – State of Wayfair: Who Could Face Audits?
The state, in the wake of the South Dakota v. Wayfair U.S. Supreme Court decision, has set a self-imposed Jan. 1 deadline to have the necessary software in place for remote sellers to begin collecting and remitting Louisiana state sales taxes Louisiana, Continue reading Louisiana – To Ramp Up Online Sales Tax Collections Following Wayfair Ruling
Louisiana’s Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers will meet Aug. 9. Revenue Secretary Kimberly Robinson anticipates a simplified tax collection regime that would be able to pass constitutional muster in the event of a challenge, when the commission Continue reading Louisiana – Sales And Use Tax Commission For Remote Sellers Will Meet Aug 9, 2018
Effective July 1, 2018, Louisiana’s overall state sales tax rate decreases from 5 percent to 4.45 percent. The new rate, enabled by House Bill 10 of the 2018 Third Extraordinary Session of the Louisiana Legislature, is to be levied upon Continue reading Louisiana – New State Sales Tax Rate Decrease From 5% to 4.45% July 1, 2018
ENexus Thresholds As of July 24, 2018 Ref State Date Number of Sales Dollars of Sales Enexus Threshold 1 IN 1/1/2017 200 $100,000 100/200 2 WY 1/1/2017 200 $100,000 100/200 3 RI 8/17/2017 200 $100,000 100/200 4 ME 10/1/2017 200 Continue reading Multistate – Wayfair Economic Nexus (ENexus) Thresholds As of July 24, 2018