Business News

Advantous Consulting moving downtown

Advantous Consulting, which says it is the largest state and local tax consulting firm in Louisiana, is moving to 440 on Third in downtown Baton Rouge. 

Alford: Chambers, Mixon will make US Senate race interesting

If you ever require a quick read on which way a U.S. House or...

BREW 11 registration now open 

Registration is now open for the rescheduled Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week, set for March 9-10 at the Bon Carre Business Center. 

Inflation biggest concern for small business owners 

Business owners were slightly more optimistic in December, according to the latest NFIB Small Business Optimism Index. However, 22% of small business owners reported that inflation was their biggest problem. 

Record number of US jobs added in 2021, but it’s not all positive

Incredible gains have been made in the job market over the last year, but...

Improving Louisiana’s business tax ranking, what more needs to be done?

The income tax overhaul lawmakers and voters approved last year is set to boost the Tax Foundation’s ranking of Louisiana’s business tax system from 42nd to 38th
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Making money on YouTube: A local father-son duo share their tips

Baton Rouge homebuilder Paul Selleck and son Jordan have amassed over 200,000 subscribers on their YouTube channel Stud Pack, and the duo is earning serious money.

City-parish sees 19% jump in October sales and use tax collections from year ago

For the city and parish combined, recurring sales and use tax collections totaled just over $20 million in October, a 19% increase over the same month in 2020.  

An app for hunters, anglers co-launched by Waitr founder’s son

Waitr founder Chris Meaux is backing a new startup that bills itself as the “Airbnb for sportsmen.” 

IRS opening tax filing season more than two weeks early 

This year's tax filing season will begin Jan. 24, 17 days earlier than last year, the Internal Revenue Service announced today.