Jindal's tax swap proposal has jumped to a 6.25% state sales tax

[TexasTowelie]

1. More discussion from the Baton Rouge Advocate:

With questions swirling about the accuracy of the numbers behind the governor’s tax package, the Jindal administration late Thursday increased a proposed state sales tax hike.

Gov. Bobby Jindal now wants the state sales tax rate to increase from 4 percent to 6.25 percent, instead of to the 5.88 percent previously discussed.

In Baton Rouge and New Orleans, the combined state and local sales tax rate would climb to more than 11 percent on each dollar spent.

“We have been working with the Public Affairs Research Council, the Legislative Fiscal Office, various industry stakeholders, and legislators to ensure that we are using the best data available to meet our goal of revenue neutrality as well as our goal of ensuring that families at every income level will be better off,” Tim Barfield, executive counsel at the state Department of Revenue, said in a prepared statement.

More at http://theadvocate.com/news/5564551-123/jindal-wants-to-raise-state