Gov. Jeff Landry’s ambitious tax package easily passed its first hurdle when the House passed three measures Tuesday that would reduce tax payments by nearly $2 billion.

The film industry, among interest groups, is lobbying to safeguard valuable tax breaks during a November special session on tax reform in Louisiana.

If approved by the full House and Senate, the plan would eliminate the current tax brackets and move the state closer to eliminating the income tax.

Although Gov. Jeff Landry’s major tax overhaul would do away with many of the state’s tax breaks in exchange for lower income tax rates, Louisiana’s most lucrative corporate subsidy — its Industrial Tax Exemption Program — would remain in place,

The House Ways and Means Committee took steps Sunday toward achieving the governor’s tax overhaul by advancing a bill to cut the corporate income tax rate, now one of the highest in the nation, in stages from 7.