LA Shoppers To See Lower Sales Taxes Today, Saturday
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana consumers get a bit of a tax break this weekend during the state's annual sales tax holiday.
Parents shopping for back-to-school supplies, someone searching for that new TV or a homeowner needing to replace a broken refrigerator all could shop for those items on Friday and Saturday with a lessened state sales tax.
Most retail purchases during those two days will be charged 3 percent state sales tax, rather than the full 5 percent tax. One caveat: the exemption applies to the first $2,500 of the purchase price of eligible items.
The sales tax holiday doesn't apply to new cars, and it doesn't affect local sales tax rates.
