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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana requires Department of Revenue to collect all local sales taxes starting July 2027
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.Sponsor: Josh Carlson
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What This Bill Proposed
TAX/SALES & USE: Provides for centralized collection of local sales and use taxes by the Dept. of Revenue (OR +$10,674,073 SG EX See Note)
- In Louisiana, local sales and use taxes have historically been collected by individual parish single collectors or central collection commissions. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Local taxing authorities
Department of Revenue
The Department of Revenue is charged with establishing a centralized collection program, maintaining a 24/7 staff, and remitting taxes to local jurisdictions.
Taxpayers
Key Facts
- Beginning July 1, 2027, all sales and use taxes levied by any local taxing authority in Louisiana must be collected by the state through the secretary of revenue.
- Taxes collected electronically must be transmitted to local collectors within four days of receipt, and taxes collected by check within twenty days.
- By February 1, 2027, each parish single collector must provide the secretary with copies of all local sales and use tax ordinances.
- Local taxing authorities retain full responsibility for the administration, enforcement, audits, and processing of refund claims for their local taxes.
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- The secretary must establish a dedicated 24/7 staff and a real-time data-sharing system for local tax collections.
- Local governing authorities may request to investigate the Department of Revenue's collection records up to twice per year.
- The act repeals R.S. 47:337.13 and 337.14 relating to former local collection arrangements.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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Centralization of Local Tax Collection
Shifts local sales tax collection from individual parish collectors to the state Department of Revenue while keeping audit and enforcement powers locally based.
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Sources
www.legis.la.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz45Current news / social attention level
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