Specialty Items Sold to Mardi Gras Carnival Organizations Taxed at Reduced Rate

http://www.ttrus.com/Specialty-Items-Sold-to-Mardi-Gras-Carnival-Organizations-Taxed-at-Reduced-Rate-i818.html

Mardi Gras beads are exempt from sales tax now, but maybe not for long

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/03/louisiana_senate_debates_wheth.html

There are lots of stories about "weird rules."  But somehow they rarely mention this one.  The truly weird one that only exists in one state.   For now.

And this is another one of those stories that I knew what photo to use as soon as I saw it!

Mardi Gras and Sales Tax? | TaxRates.com

http://www.taxrates.com/blog/2013/02/12/mardi-gras-and-sales-tax/