How do telecommunications, cable, and satellite services providers report the additional state sales tax rate?


The additional state sales tax rate will be reported on the general state sales tax return. Beginning January 1, 2025, the sales tax on all telecommunications services, cable television services, direct-to-home satellite services, video programming services, and satellite digital audio radio services, must be reported and paid electronically by such providers. See Emergency Rule enacting LAC 61.III.1551 and 1552 published in the Louisiana Register on December 20, 2024.


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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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