Louisiana’s 2nd amendment sales tax holiday

Sep 2, 2016 | Gail Cole

Exempt from Louisiana local sales tax this weekend.

Louisiana is offering its 7^th annual Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday Friday, September 2, through Sunday, September 4, 2016.

In prior years, qualifying guns, ammunition, and hunting supplies were exempt from both state and local sales and use tax during the Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday. This year, however, the exemption only applies to local sales and use tax. To help dig the state out of a deep fiscal hole, the 3% state sales tax applies to all eligible purchases. It would be more appropriate to call this the Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Reduction.

See the Louisiana Department of Revenue for additional information, including special provisions and a list of eligible items.

Learn more about Louisiana’s sales tax holidays here.

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Gail Cole

Avalara Author Gail Cole

Gail began researching and writing about sales tax in 2012 and has been fascinated with it ever since. She has a penchant for uncovering unusual tax facts, and endeavors to make complex sales tax laws more digestible for both experts and laypeople.