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Louisiana business groups gearing up for wholesale tax changes in 2017

Source: https://businessreport.com/article/business-groups-gearing-wholesale-tax-changes-2017 - Dec 21, 2016

Business groups and lobbyists are beginning talks to coalesce around a package of tax changes they hope to push through the Louisiana Legislature next year, as lawmakers face mounting shortfalls in the state’s beleaguered budget.

The groups are also faced with the tough task of educating businesses, their members and the public on complicated and policy-heavy tax minutiae that can be hard to digest.

“We’ve been reaching out to the other business groups in hopes that we can all be reading off the same page,” says Michael Olivier, president and CEO of the Committee of 100 for Economic Development, a business advocacy group. “What we want to do is work with our allies to see if we can come together with some alignment.”

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