Gun, ammo tax holiday advances
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Gun, ammunition and other hunting-related purchases would be exempt from sales taxes one weekend a year under a bill approved Thursday by the Senate.
The Senate voted 34-0 to establish an annual Second Amendment sales tax holiday the first weekend in September.
The tax break would cover sales between Friday and Sunday.
State and local government would lose about $263,000 in revenue, according to a fiscal note on the measure from lost sales taxes.
State Sen. Rob Marionneaux, D-Grosse Tete, said his Senate Bill 52 had the support of the National Rifle Association and hunting supply stores.
The tax break only applies to consumer purchases.
It defines hunting supplies to cover purchase of “any tangible personal property for the use of hunting.”
The list includes such things as archery supplies, off-road vehicles and vessels such as ATVs, airboats and pirogues, accessories, animal feed, apparel, shoes, bags, float tubes, binoculars, tools, range finders, tree stands, blinds, chairs, and holsters.
Businesses which fail to honor the sales tax holiday would be subject to a $50 penalty.
Customers would have to report the incident to the Revenue Department along with a receipt from the sale within 60 days of the sales tax holidays end.
SB52 moves to the House for debate.
A similar measure is pending action in the House.
House Bill 128 sponsored by state Rep. Cameron Henry, R-Metairie, calls for the Second Amendment Recognition Act and set a two-day tax holiday in November.
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