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Local governments still must hold gun sales tax holiday even though the state won't participate

Source: https://theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_36818b9e-a570-11e8-965f-af7a20223d65.html - Aug 29, 2018

Local and parish taxing authorities — whether they like it or not — are going to have to forgive taxes on the sales of guns and hunting equipment for a holiday that the state created then opted out of last month.

Suspending Louisiana’s three sales tax holidays — to the surprise of some legislators — was part of a deal that was slammed together to keep state government from careening off the fiscal cliff.

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