re: Louisiana Amendments

No fear spreading intended
Wording is everything. When it’s left open ended intentions are suspect.

Amendment 2 keeps a sales tax in place on streaming and cuts public school funding. The positive is that it caps the tax rate at 3.75 (we pay 3 now anyway so who cares).

I voted no because I’m sick of having sales taxes on everything.

While Amendment 2 itself doesn’t explicitly mention streaming services, it ties into a broader tax reform package from the November 2024 special session. One of those related laws, House Bill 4 (Act 13), explicitly imposes a state sales tax on digital goods and services—including streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and others—effective January 1, 2025. This brings Louisiana in line with many states that have expanded sales tax to cover digital consumption, taxing these services at the state rate of 5% which increased from 4.45% via House Bill 10)
Amendment 2 supports this by not altering or removing that new tax. It preserves the state’s ability to tax a broad range of goods and services as defined by existing and future laws, which now includes digital products. Specifically, the amendment’s language about maintaining the current tax base and allowing local governments to align their ordinances with state law means that streaming services will remain taxable at the state level, and local governments can also opt to apply their own sales taxes to these services if they amend their tax codes accordingly. Louisiana’s local sales tax rates, which can exceed 5% in some areas, could thus stack on top of the state tax, potentially making streaming subscriptions noticeably more expensive depending on where you live in the state. Amendment 2 doesn’t directly impose the tax on Netflix that’s already done via separate legislation—but it locks in the framework that keeps it taxable, with no easy path to undo it. Your streaming bill in Louisiana will indeed reflect that 5% state sales tax starting this year, plus any local taxes if your parish or city jumps on board.

It is a lot more services than just Netflix, it’s every subscription electronic and software service.

Concerning income, as of 2025 no one is paying 4.75% anymore. The tax cuts are already in effect. It just caps what they could raise it to for high earners in the future. I didn’t think it would go up past 4% again, which is why I voted no.

I voted YES on all because all the shite libs I know said to vote no.

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All BS

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I voted YES on all because all the shite libs I know said to vote no.

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Ironically I think their advertising campaigns made more people aware of the election and hurt their cause…

No. 2 failed state wide. Enough people were awake.

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the level of ignorance on this thread is fricking unbelievable. None of you assholes who voted no have any idea what is going on.

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What’s ignorant are the people who actually thought there was a tax cut in Amendment 2 when it was actually about politicians raiding trust funds and taking taxing authority away from the parishes so they could centralize power.

Thank goodness Landry failed. It brings a tear to my eye.