November 2015

dollar puzzleThe Louisiana Department of Revenue has just issued a press release announcing that the 2015 tax amnesty program, scheduled to begin yesterday, November 16, 2015, has been delayed until December 1, 2015.

The 30-day tax amnesty period will now run from December 1, 2015 until December 31, 2015.

The delay results from an error

iStock_000035064824_LargeToday, the 2015 tax amnesty program begins and will continue through December 15, 2015.

In connection with the program, on November 3 the Louisiana Department of Revenue issued its Revenue Information Bulletin (RIB) No. 2015-037 providing taxpayers with specific information on this year’s amnesty.

Notably, unlike the language of Act 822 (2014 Reg. Sess.) upon

LegislationAs we reported in prior posts, the Louisiana Legislature passed several revenue raising bills this year in an attempt to address an apparent $1.6 billion budget hole for the 2016 fiscal year.  One of those new bills, HB 624 (now Act 123), provides a 28% reduction to certain corporate income tax exclusions and deductions