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Provides a tax credit of up to 25% for individual investors when they invest in early stage, wealth creating businesses.

Provides a 25% tax credit for Louisiana resident labor expenditures and an 18% refundable tax credit on qualified production expenditures.

Provides a onetime $3,500 or $1,000 tax credit per certified new job, and either a tax rebate on qualifying expenses or an investment tax credit equal to 1.5% of capital expenditures,  excluding tax-exempted items.

Provides up to 20% tax credit for each new job by approved entertainment companies.

Provides an 80% property tax abatement for up to 10 years on manufacturer's qualifying capital investments.

Provides workforce recruitment, screening and training to eligible new and expanding Louisiana companies at no cost.

Provides a tax credit of 40% on qualified production expenditures. 

 Provides a tax credit of up to 18% on qualified production or infrastructure development expenditures; additional 7% tax credits available for payroll to Louisiana residents. 

Provides up to 15% tax credit for each new job for Louisiana residents. 

Provides a 6% rebate on annual payroll expenses for up to 10 years, and either a tax rebate on capital expenditures or an investment tax credit equal to 1.5% of qualifying expenses.  

 Provides up to 30% tax credit for Louisiana businesses (based on employment) that conduct research and development activities in Louisiana. 

Provides an up to 10-year abatement of property taxes (ad valorem) on renovations and improvements of existing commercial

structures and owner-occupied residences located within economic development districts, downtown development districts, historic districts, and opportunity zones.

In 2018 Louisiana Economic Development study found that military spending in Louisiana accounts for $7.7 billion in annual economic output. Fort Polk was responsible for an estimated $1.6 billion of that total. Fort Polk accounts for more than 14,000 state jobs and $760 million in payroll. Thousands of soldiers come from all across the United States and overseas monthly to train at the Joint Readiness Training Center.