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Here's how Louisiana plans to revamp nation's highest, most convoluted sales tax

Source: theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_ea37dfea-10e7-11e7-9f70-fb7920368038.html - Mar 27, 2017

Here’s something to ponder the next time you dine out or shop for a new shirt: Louisiana has the highest sales tax rate in the country.

The bad news doesn’t end there. Louisiana easily has the most complicated sales tax system in the country, too, reports a Washington, D.C., group that tracks state taxes.

“Louisiana is in a class of its own,” said Scott Drenkard, director of state projects for the Tax Foundation, which did the ranking. “The rate is high and the administration is disjointed. I don’t hear problems in other states like I hear in Louisiana.”

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