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La. Sales Tax Commission Streamlining Committee At Odds Over Who Collects State Taxes

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith
Published March 20, 2017 at 9:42 AM EDT
Sales Tax Streamlining and Modernization Committee
Courtesy: Louisiana.Gov
Sales Tax Streamlining and Modernization Committee
Dawn Starns, NFIB is in favor of centralized state sales tax collection.
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Courtesy: Louisiana.Gov
Dawn Starns, NFIB is in favor of centralized state sales tax collection.

SALES TAX STREAMLINING  & MODERNIZATION COMMISSION:  You might not think it matters how sales tax is collected in Louisiana but according to some public officials… who does the collecting and where it’s collected does matter. In Baton Rouge, the Sales Tax Streamlining Commission has been in meetings and is nearly ready to release their recommendations on sales tax exclusions and exemptions, but they seem to have reached an impasse on another aspect of streamlining.   Dawn Starns with the National Federation of Business favors a centralized sales tax collection system.  Dan Garret with the State Police Jury Association felt local parishes are better served by collecting taxes locally. 

Dan Garret - State Police Jury Association favors local sales tax collection and feels it better serves local parishes.
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Courtesy: Louisiana.Gov
Dan Garret - State Police Jury Association favors local sales tax collection and feels it better serves local parishes.

SALES TAX STREAMLINING & MODERNIZATION COMMISSION: You might not think it matters how sales tax is collected in Louisiana but according to some public officials… who does the collecting and where it’s collected does matter.

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Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.
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