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JULY 28, 2019

Louisiana has declared a state of emergency after a series of cyberattacks impacted three of the state’s school districts. The attacks shut down the districts’ phones, as well as locked and encrypted files and computer equipment in school districts in Sabine, Morehouse and Ouachita parishes in North Louisiana. The state was made aware of a malware attack on a few north Louisiana school systems and we have been coordinating a response ever since,” Edwards said.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

The state of Louisiana has entered legal marijuana territory with medical cannabis access beginning this week. According to MTrac, its payments platform was developed in cooperation with “the main bank in Louisiana” that plans to provide bank account services to the state’s marijuana-related businesses.

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JULY 4, 2019

Only it was July 4, 1803 — better known as the Independence Day that the Louisiana Purchase was announced. A Brief History Of The Louisiana Purchase — And Its Associated Payments Problems . Adjusted for inflation, the contemporary value of the Louisiana Purchase was around $340 million. That deal is made more incredible when one considers that the entire Louisiana Territory was not exactly what Jefferson hoped to buy. What A Louisiana Purchase Will Buy Today.

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JUNE 18, 2020

Students at Louisiana State University (LSU), in one case, are set to receive reimbursements for some charges. Coronavirus Louisiana State University LSU News refunds reimbursements

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MAY 19, 2020

Casinos in Mississippi and Louisiana are reopening this week, and visitors are traveling long distances and waiting in lines to enter the facilities, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

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MAY 19, 2022

Other states such as Alabama, Colorado and Louisiana have home-rule jurisdictions where separate returns may need to be filed at the local level. Given the complexity that already exists regarding sales tax, it’d be great if states were the only jurisdictions that levied them.

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JULY 20, 2021

The Tax Foundation goes on to state “In Alaska, Colorado, and Louisiana, this issue is compounded by the additional challenge of divergent tax bases, where different jurisdictions tax different baskets of goods and services.”

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JANUARY 11, 2022

Give a buyer in Louisiana the option to contract separately for shipping and the cost becomes tax-exempt. And even if you think you’ve got a grip on how a state taxes shipping, watch for local rules in such strong home-rule states as Colorado and Louisiana.

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MARCH 22, 2022

Colorado, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio and Louisiana are among states offering a discount for prompt payment; Arizona gives a better discount for e-filers; Florida and South Carolina offer both.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

Blue bayou: Sales tax won’t be getting simpler in Louisiana any time soon. The vote was quickly followed by a lawsuit from Arizona-based Halstead Bead , an online seller of jewelry-making supplies, challenging what news reports called Louisiana’s “patchwork approach” to collecting sales taxes.

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JUNE 21, 2022

An Arizona company, for instance, sued Louisiana for that state’s patchwork “compliance nightmare” in what many regard as the business’ first major counter-assault on the burdens of nationwide yet diverse economic nexus. What a 48 months it’s been.

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MAY 6, 2021

Louisiana lawmakers are working to centralize the state’s sales tax collections. Supporters reportedly say that Louisiana is one of only three states with a fragmented system, and that it complicates collection of sales taxes from online purchases.

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JULY 15, 2021

Louisiana lawmakers have recently passed H.B Right now the state allows parishes to independently collect their own sales and use taxes from in-state businesses while the Louisiana Remote Sellers Commission collects for out-of-state sellers.

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MARCH 10, 2022

Louisiana worked to streamline its notoriously confusing sales tax environment; and Kansas?set Businesses have heard a lot about economic nexus over the past few years.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Some states — notably Alabama, Colorado, Louisiana, Alaska, among others — empower municipalities and other jurisdictions to levy sales taxes. This article was written for the Atlanta Business Chronicle Leadership Trust. To see the original post, click here.

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MARCH 21, 2021

Louisiana and New Jersey are the most recent states to adopt such a tax. In the past year, several states have created a pass-through entity tax (PET) to circumvent the $10,000 cap for the state and local tax (SALT) deduction.

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

Louisiana was working to streamline its sales tax environment – a notoriously complex one for remote sellers and an issue that would be revisited later in the year. The whole world pinballed throughout a pandemic the last two years and continues to do so.

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JUNE 9, 2022

Louisiana’s senate has rejected a plan passed earlier by the state’s house to phase out a temporary sales tax over the next three years. What’s new in May for state sales and use taxes. There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax.

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APRIL 20, 2021

Currently, Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, and Oklahoma have a franchise tax. Incorporation is a critical legal matter that impacts more than your company’s tax responsibilities for doing business.

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JULY 8, 2021

Second Amendment holidays in Mississippi and Louisiana?exempt Many states use sales tax holidays to waive or reduce sales tax on various items. These holidays can be annual or even two or more times a year.

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MAY 27, 2021

Connecticut, Florida (which recently passed economic nexus that will be enacted this summer) and Louisiana accept certificates depending on where the product was packaged and shipped. Taking advantage of sales and use tax exemptions can save your business money and headaches.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

These states include New Jersey, Illinois, New York, Nevada, Louisiana, Maine, Kansas, Iowa, and Rhode Island. The explosive growth of online sales means that state and local governments are searching for ways to recoup the tax revenue that they have determined they are owed.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

1.8M: Amount Walmart allegedly owes Jefferson Parish, Louisiana in unpaid 2009 to 2015 sales taxes. South Dakota vs. Wayfair was only the beginning.

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MAY 11, 2021

In a few states, most notably Alabama, Colorado, and Louisiana, there are separate local level returns that you are required to file. Both the process of reporting sales tax and the level of sales tax detail required varies from state to state.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

Georgia, Louisiana, and Michigan required marketplace facilitators to collect and remit sales tax. Someday people will probably use a lot of words to describe 2020. “Un-eventful” Un-eventful” won’t be one of them.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

7 were in Washington (+7,683), California (+5,293), Massachusetts (+3,383), Alabama (+1,704) and Louisiana (+1,626), while the largest decreases were in Georgia (-13,426), Illinois (-6,357), Kentucky (-4,830), Texas (-3,934) and New Jersey (-3,725).

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

One big winner of Tuesday's elections was the U.S. gambling industry, with three states authorizing legal sports betting and three others either approving or expanding casino gaming, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

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DECEMBER 13, 2020

Louisiana Republican Sen. American lawmakers, after months at an impasse over what would be included in a stimulus bill, have decided to split the bill into two separate proposals, CNN reports.

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MAY 22, 2020

The news comes as casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi are slowly starting to reopen , and visitors are traveling far distances and waiting in lines to enter the facilities.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

Louisiana’s biggest city, New Orleans, home to one of the country’s biggest ports, has been hit with a series of cyberattacks that have been spreading across the state, according to a report by CNBC. Both times, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards was forced to declare a state of emergency.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Among the largest decreases were seen in California (-17,400), where fewer layoffs were reported in the service industry; Texas (-15,905); Louisiana (-8,384); Georgia (-8,235); and Washington (-3,291).

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Access to reliable transportation is a common barrier to seeking healthcare, especially for our most vulnerable patients,” Dr. David Carmouche , senior vice president, Community Care at Ochsner Health in Louisiana, said in the announcement.“By

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JUNE 25, 2020

The nation’s economic numbers were a mixed bag Thursday (June 25) with a higher-than-expected 1.5 million Americans filing jobless claims while durable goods orders rose by nearly 16 percent in May.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The largest increases in initial claims were in California (23,841), as the service industry reported layoffs; Texas (8,618), which saw the loss of manufacturing, retail, education, accommodation and food and professional services jobs; Louisiana (8,375); New Jersey (2,402); and Washington (2,173).

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JUNE 26, 2020

Arizona, Louisiana and West Virginia displayed the least relative drops in spending at eateries on the part of cardholders in comparison to the year-prior time frame. Aa JPMorgan study suggests a connection between increased spending on dining out and a quicker proliferation of COVID-19.

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JULY 30, 2020

For the second consecutive week, the number of Americans filing new unemployment claims increased last week as new cases of COVID-19 continued to surge. The U.S.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

Seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims dipped to 751,000 the week ending Oct. 24, some 40,000 lower than the previous week's revised levels, according to the Thursday (Oct. 29) report from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The previous week's revised level was upped 4,000 from 787,000 to 791,000. The seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate dropped 0.5 percent from the previous week's revised rate to 5.3 percent for the week ending Oct. The previous week's rate was revised from 5.8

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JUNE 9, 2022

States with progressive income taxes : Hawaii, Louisiana. For e-commerce business owners, income tax filing season marks the start of a highly stressful time. Among the taxes that e-commerce businesses need to file, income tax is the most common one.

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JULY 2, 2020

Locations in California, Alabama, Idaho, Georgia, Oklahoma, Nevada and Louisiana are set to shutter on Thursday, while shops in Mississippi, Texas, Florida and Utah were shuttered as of Wednesday (July 1).

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JULY 23, 2020

States that saw the biggest decrease in claims were in Maryland (13,728), Texas (11,583), New Jersey (8,577), Michigan (6,882) and Louisiana (5,066).

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JANUARY 19, 2020

Louisiana was also hit by cyberattacks in July and November, including a ransomware attack. Both times, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards was forced to declare a state of emergency. The computer system at New Orleans City Hall is still on the fritz following a cyberattack on Dec.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

The number of Americans who filed for unemployment benefits fell last week after two consecutive weeks of increases, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reported Thursday (Aug. For the week ending Aug.

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