Speaker of the House Clay Schexnayder
Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder is reacting to the voter rejection of Amendment 1 on Saturday that would have set the wheels in motion for the state to have a centralized tax collection system. “We felt we had a really good amendment there to help move our state forward. I can tell you it was disappointing to see it go down,” said Schexnayder.
The state currently has 54 tax collection entities making it complex for businesses and individuals to maneuver through and is seen as unconstitutional by experts following a Supreme Court ruling in 2018.
Schexnayder was pleased to see Amendment 2 that favorably addresses lowering state income taxes pass, but believes Amendment 1 would have been a plus for the state too. He says, “I think we would have been in a much better position having them both go through and putting ourselves in a position to create some more jobs and just a better atmosphere to have people move into our state.”
A federal lawsuit was filed Monday against the state’s complex system of tax collections.
Schexnayder says he doesn’t believe state lawmakers are about to throw in the towel on having Louisiana adopt a single tax commission, rather than the flurry of ones dotting the state now. “We’ll take a look at it and see what we can get done on our side and hopefully take another run at it and get it through this time,” said Schexnayer.
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