Businesses owed the state about $785 million in unpaid taxes at the end of the fiscal year that concluded June 30, 2018, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor says.
The Department of Revenue collected about $9.2 billion that year across all tax types. About 90 percent of the money the department collects comes from businesses, though that includes employer withholding of individual income taxes.
About 70 percent of the unpaid business collections are sales or employer withholding taxes that…
