House members refused to approve a big sales tax increase sought by Gov. Jeff Landry, and that left him and legislative leaders scrambling Friday on how to save his complicated tax plan, halfway through the 20-day special session. That task will fall to the Senate this week.

Gov. Landry's plan to revamp the state's tax laws has been put in jeopardy after a key bill to expand sales tax was sidelined for the second day in a row.

BATON ROUGE — Key provisions of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry's plan to cut personal income and corporate taxes passed the state House of Representatives on Tuesday. The House voted 87-12 to shift individual income tax rates to a flat 3% and 83-14 to ...

The path ahead for Gov. Jeff Landry is not clear after not securing the votes in the Louisiana Legislature on a sales tax increase.

Landry is asking legislators to lower income tax rates, triple the standard deduction and jettison the corporate franchise tax in exchange for raising more money from sales taxes and eliminating several tax subsidy programs, including tax credits for film producers and investors in historic buildings.

Louisiana’s GOP-dominated House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed individual and corporate tax cuts, along with a constitutional amendment.

If approved by the full House and Senate, the plan would eliminate the current tax brackets and move the state closer to eliminating the income tax.

The Louisiana House passed a number of bills Tuesday that are part of Gov. Jeff Landry’s tax reform session. The foundational legislation, HB 1 lowers the personal income tax rate to a flat 3%.