What are the changes made with the passge of the Constitutional Amendment


With the passage of Constitutional Amendment #2, some provisions of Act 389 of the 2021 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature became effective. Effective for franchise tax periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023, Act 389 reduced the tax rate to a single rate of $2.75 for each $1,000, or major fraction thereof in excess of $300,000 of capital employed in Louisiana. The Act also continued the suspension of the lower tier of the tax ($1.50) through corporation franchise tax periods ending on or before November 30, 2023. (New question & answer posted on January 3, 2022.)

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September 02, 2025

Hunters get a tax break during the 2nd Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday, Sept. 5-7

BATON ROUGE – Consumer purchases of firearms, ammunition and a wide range of hunting supplies are exempt from state and local sales tax during the Louisiana Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday, Friday, Sept. 5 through Sunday, Sept. 7.

August 26, 2025

LDR partners with OMV in Lafayette to resolve driver’s license suspensions

BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) is partnering with the state Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV) to help Lafayette-area taxpayers resolve driver’s license suspensions.

August 25, 2025

New Orleans-area suspects arrested; products seized in crackdown on illegal vapes

BATON ROUGE – A state task force arrested four people and confiscated tens of thousands of banned substances in the second phase of a statewide crackdown on illegal and unauthorized vape products.


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