Amazon shoppers in Louisiana aren’t paying as much in sales taxes as you may think. Jeff Palermo has more on what is and isn’t being taxed…
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SeekingArangement.com says 35 LSU students joined the online dating site last year to find a Sugar Daddy. Halen Doughty has more…
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A Gallup poll finds President-elect Donald Trump has a 42-percent approval rating. Emelie Gunn has analysis from a local political analyst…
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If you’re buying items from Amazon in the New Year, you might not pay as much in sales taxes as you thought. It was announced that starting January 1st the online retailer would begin collecting state sales taxes for the first time. But Department of Revenue Secretary, Kimberly Robinson, says the only sales tax collected are on products sold directly by Amazon, LLC.
But Robinson says that does not include items purchased through third party vendors on Amazon. She says the easiest way to tell whether or not sales tax will be charged is to look at the seller of the item.
Robinson says if you purchase online you are required to pay sales taxes at the end of the year, if the seller did not collect them at the time of purchase. She says this has been the law for some time, but participation is low.
Robinson says other online retailers will not be collecting sales tax. But she says starting July 1, those vendors will have a reporting requirement. She says online shoppers will have to submit those taxes themselves.
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More LSU students are seeking Sugar Daddies to help pay for their education. That’s according to SeekingArangment.com, which saw 35 LSU students enroll in 2016. Spokesperson Brook Urick says that’s a substantial increase over the previous year.
SeekingArangement.com is one of the fasted growing Sugar Daddy dating sites. Urick says online dating in the sugar lifestyle isn’t much different than regular online dating. She says the main difference is the lifestyle expectations.
The average monthly allowance for a Sugar Baby is around $24-hundred. But Urick says not all Sugar Babies get the same allowance from their Sugar Daddies. She says it’s important to be open and honest about what you expect to give and receive in the Sugar Bowl.
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As the cost of tuition continues to increase while funding for TOPS decreases, Urick says we could see even more Louisiana students turn to the lifestyle for financial assistance.
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A Gallup poll finds President-elect Donald Trump has a 42-percent approval rating, the lowest since George W. Bush, who had 59-percent. ULM Political Science Professor Dr. John Sutherlin says Trump will likely come into office and follow through with his agenda, regardless of what polls say.
Trump will be sworn into office on Friday. Sutherlin says Trump will do what he thinks is best but on certain issues that will be problematic, because of the low approval numbers.
Sutherlin says Trump doesn’t seem like he is bothered by public opinion.
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LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva fired football coach Les Miles in mid-season, could it happen again? The LSU men’s basketball team is 1-4 in the SEC. They’ve lost three in a row and all three defeats have been by double digits. Glen Guilbeau covers LSU hoops for the USA Today Network and says as the losses mount, Alleva might make a change…
Johnny Jones is in his fifth season in Baton Rouge. His record as LSU’s head coach is 89-58, 41-35 in the SEC. Jones has guided one LSU team to the NCAA Tournament, but the Tigers missed out on postseason play last year with Ben Simmons, the top overall pick in the NBA draft. Guilbeau says the losses this season and last’s year disappointment have Jones on the hot seat
Guilbeau says fan interest in LSU basketball has dropped during Jones’ tenure, so there’s not nearly the pressure to win in basketball as there is in football. But he says Alleva is the former A-D at Duke, which has a rich basketball tradition and he can’t be happy with what he sees at LSU…
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