State takes the lead with sales tax rate

By Ella Ray LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE – It’s not often that Louisiana leads the country in any category. But for several years, the state has gone above and beyond in one category: sales tax.  Friday marked the end of a special tax session in the Legislature, which cut income taxes and raised average sales taxes to 10.11% when state and local sales taxes are combined. B...

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