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
On Monday, June 16th, the Florida Legislature is scheduled to vote on the final budget and annual tax proposal, bringing an end to the extended 2025 Regular Session. An amendment to House Bill 7031 has been filed containing the details of the tax relief plan.
The cornerstone of this legislation is the complete elimination of
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 May 23, 2025, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry appointed Francis J. (Jay) Lobrano as the Local Tax Judge of the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals to complete the term of outgoing Local Tax Judge, now Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Cade Cole.
Judge Lobrano has served as the Chairman of the Board since March of
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
Jay Adams, a partner in the Tax Practice Group and leader of the state and local tax team in the New Orleans office, was quoted in the Bloomberg Tax article “Louisiana Gets Look at Bills to Cut Some Taxes, Raise Others” published on November 4, 2024.
In the article, Jay shares insight regarding Louisiana’s