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Rep. Brass urges digital goods tax in bid to modernize Louisiana sales code
Summary
Rep. Brass told the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee HB 8 would modernize sales-tax law to explicitly tax digital goods and services and help offset personal-income tax cuts; Revenue Secretary Richard Nelson said business-to-business exemptions remain a focus of upcoming amendments.
Representative Ronnie Brass introduced House Bill 8 on Nov. 17, asking the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs to update Louisiana's sales-tax code to include digital goods and services. "HB 8 is an opportunity for us to align Louisiana with 44 other states," Brass said, listing categories the bill would cover: digital audio and visual works, digital books and periodicals, digital codes and applications, prewritten software access…
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