Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry recently signed into law Act 44, which aims to revitalize Louisiana’s film industry after years of hardship. 

Act 44 revamps Louisiana’s film tax credit program by allowing filmmakers to access up to 40% in refundable tax credits with bonuses for hiring locals, using Louisiana-based scripts, and performing visual effects locally.

Originally published in Bloomberg Tax

Author: French Brown, Partner, Jones Walker LLP

July 2, 2025

Jones Walker’s French Brown says a permanent sales tax holiday and repeals of an aviation fuel tax and commercial lease sales tax will help ease compliance, provide businesses with cost savings, and give consumers predictability.

Florida’s tax relief package, part

With the recent passage of HB 2755, Illinois will be offering two different amnesty programs within the next 16 months, pending approval by the governor. The first program will run from October 1 through November 15, 2025. This program is an extension of Illinois’ previous amnesty programs that ran in 2003, 2010 and 2019. The

On March 29, 2025, four constitutional amendments were on the ballot for Louisiana voters’ consideration. Constitutional Amendment No. 2, (CA No. 2) which passed the Louisiana legislature during the November 2024 special fiscal session as House Bill No. 7, included changes to personal income tax rates, governmental spending caps, education funding, and teacher pay raises.

The Florida Department of Revenue announced today that the temporary sales tax reduction in Hillsborough County, Florida will expire on May 31, 2025.

As outlined in our initial article, the 2024 legislature temporarily suspended the Hillsborough County surtaxes in order to return a portion of previously enacted and later ruled unconstitutional transportation surtax. That

On March 20, 2025, Governor Landry issued Executive Order No. JML 25-033 and Louisiana Economic Development (LED)/Board of Commerce and Industry promulgated new rules (beginning at p. 366) which make changes to Louisiana’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP). 

The changes, in part, recognize Governor Landry’s view of the importance of the ITEP as an economic

Louisiana voters will decide on March 29 whether to approve more than 100 pages of revisions to the state constitution related to ad valorem taxes and other fiscal issues. For businesses that operate in Louisiana, one aspect of the proposed reform relates to the taxation of inventory.  

Louisiana is one the few states that