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Nixing tax-free sales will benefit consumers, retailers

The Town Cryer

Many tax preparers argue that sales tax holidays don’t do much to boost annual retail shopping overall, but simply shift spending from one time of the year to another.

The tax deal struck by lawmakers and Gov. John Bel Edwards to balance this year’s budget will end state sales tax holidays for seven years. When lawmakers renewed 0.45 percent of an expiring one-percent state sales ta…

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