re: Jeff Landry transition committee calls for phasing out corporate and personal income taxes

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The LAST thing I want is for Louisiana politicians to start looking at other areas I can be taxed in order to compensate for losing state income tax revenue. frick this plan. If they eliminate the state income tax, 70% of us WILL eventually pay more than we’re paying now.

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Tennessee does not have a state income tax. When I lived there the property taxes there and here were very similar. Their schools were nicer and they do better in education that we do here. I don’t see the problem.

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Look at Texas, then imagine the % of property that is effectively worthless triples, making the burden even higher on land owners with desirable property. New property taxes mean you’re paying the government tens of thousands a year for something that you might already own in full. There is no getting out of it without selling the land.

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TX has higher property taxes, but they appropriately allocate those taxes toward things like roads and public schools. Louisiana doesn’t do that because their governors have always been corrupt as frick.

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If the result is ultimately removing the income tax and the homestead exemption then I’m for it so long as my property taxes do not increase on a per mill basis.

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You shouldn’t even consider this result remotely possible.

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Sure. What road did you use to get to your office? Who educated you and your co-employees?

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Which State is always tops in worst roads and education?

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Gotta love this board. Everyone agrees Louisiana is at a sever disadvantage to the rest of the South due to our tax structure, but don't want to move to the same structure as the rest of the South?

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State is ranked 50th in damn near every category that matters but we can’t possibly attempt to emulate what other, much better run and more attractive states do.


State is dead fricking last but if you listen to its residents it can only get worse if change is made. Comical. Sad.

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Eliminate state income taxes, then also shift funding of public schools, parish roads, police departments, etc more onto the local governments. Instead of a model where three to six percent of someone's income is sent to Baton Rouge in the form of a state income tax, keep tax dollars local with local property taxes to fund those municipal and parish needs.

This keep taxes and funding responsibilities more local would mean that Louisiana would have to stop having the highest property tax exemption in the country. Prepare for there to be blood-gurgling screams if/when that gets proposed.

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People will complain about local governments being more corrupt than the state.

In some places, that will be true. There is no doubt that some local goverments will do a much better job with more authority than others will. That's ok. At least it gives some local places a chance at success, whereas under the current model, no place has a chance of success.

I am obviously 100% for this but it will never happen in LA.

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Eliminating income tax only advantages the middle class that has high-ish paying jobs but doesn’t own much land. Everyone else gets fricked

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The middle class with high-ish paying jobs, is what is powering most successful state economies today.

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I need to understand how this will work before I can support the change. So if my income tax goes away, do all of the taxes get paid via property and sales taxes? I own more property than just my house so I pay full property tax on all of those properties.

If the result is ultimately removing the income tax and the homestead exemption then I’m for it so long as my property taxes do not increase on a per mill basis.

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Use public schools for example.

State pays, per kid, so much per year, on a monthly basis. There is a formula that is used, based on a number of factors.

Let's say that gets reduced to zero.

Now, your local school district will have to make up that funding. They could do this via increased property taxation. They could also cut spending. Let's be realistic and assume they don't cut spending.

Step 1 would be rolling back the homestead exemption. See how much more property tax that raises. If that is not enough, they may need to raise the millage. But in most cases, a millage increase needs the vote of the people.

So you at least would get to vote on an increased millage.

Where as right now, you don't get to vote on an increased state income tax.