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LED recently submitted its Summary Report to the Louisiana Legislative oversight committees regarding the proposed ITEP Rules published in the LA Register on 12/20/2024.  LED also is expecting the proposed ITEP Rules to be published as final rules in the LA register 3/20/2025.  This update was given publicly at the February meeting of the Louisiana Board of Commerce & Industry (BCI).

Anticipation is on the rise as Louisiana’s 2025 Regular Legislative Session is set to convene at noon on Monday, April 14, 2025. The session will adjourn no later than 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Since it is an odd-numbered year, this session is a fiscal session that will focus on budgetary and financial matters; however, legislators may file up to five non-fiscal bills.

The last day to file bills for the 89th Texas Legislative regular session occurred on March 14th. Amongst a handful of bill priorities, property tax relief is once again in the mix.  Several bills have been filed on both the House and Senate side with aims of reducing property taxes on both residential and business properties.  A mix of approaches are being considered, including changes to school district rate compression, changes to appraisal caps, increases to the homestead exemption ($140,000, up from the current $100,000), and increases to the business personal property exemption ($250,000, up from the current $2,500).  
Additional information on SB4/SJR2, HB8, and HB9/HJR1 (as well as other relevant proposals) can be found here: Texas’ 89th Legislature Mid-Session Update – Advantous

In November 2024, the Louisiana Legislature held a special session on tax reform. Several changes were made to sales and use tax laws, including an increase to the state tax rate, adding additional taxable services, changing exclusions and exemptions, adding taxation of “digital products” and other issues.