BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana legislature has advanced a bill that will add dozens of services to be subject to sales tax. Lawmakers showed some concerns about what the true cost to businesses and citizens will be.

Louisiana lawmakers have advanced House Bill 9, aiming to generate $400 million by taxing 41 new services, including digital streaming, lawn care, and pet grooming.

The Louisiana House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday that would expand sales taxes to digital streaming services, establish a flat tax on corporate income and repeal a whole host of special interest tax breaks.

Bills t cut business tax rates and end credit for filmmakers and historic preservation move to Senate, along with sales tax on digital services.

It’s kind of like a tax swap–if you want to call it that, although it’s not exactly an even one,” Barry Erwin, president and CEO of the Council for a Better Louisiana said.

(The Center Square) — Increased sales taxes could worsen Louisiana's already high insurance premiums To make up lost revenue from the proposed income tax cut, the Legislature is proposing to expand the list of sales and use taxes on a wide variety of services.