Tag Archives: Louisiana Department of Revenue

Big SALT Changes in the Louisiana Legislature

By Jay Adams, Bill Backstrom, Jeff Birdsong, Andre Burvant and Matt Mantle on Posted in Legislation, Tax News
Unless otherwise indicated, all bills noted below have been passed by the legislature and are waiting on signature or veto by the governor. Our discussion of each bill assumes the bill is or becomes law. SB1 by Senator R. L. Bret Allain, II TAX/FRANCHISE/CORPORATE:  Phases-out the corporate franchise tax. SB 1 reduces the corporate franchise … Continue Reading

TEI is back in the Big Easy!

By Jones Walker LLP on Posted in Presentations
The Jones Walker State & Local Tax Team was proud to sponsor the Tax Executives Institute (TEI) Gulf States Chapter meeting this week! TEI is back in the Big Easy! We’ve relaunched our Gulf States Chapter and were proud to be part of a kick-off celebration with a full day of sessions including Federal, SALT, … Continue Reading

Louisiana Department of Revenue Updates Partnership Reporting Requirements

By Jeff Birdsong on Posted in Legislation, Tax News
In the 2021 Louisiana Regular Legislative Session, the Louisiana Legislature enacted Act 287 making wholesale changes to the Louisiana income tax reporting and audit regime for partners and partnerships.  Effective June 2021, the Act’s updated reporting obligations were made applicable to 2021 returns filed in 2022, prompting a need for guidance with respect to how … Continue Reading

Louisiana Announces a New “Transfer Pricing Managed Audit Program”

By Cami Fergus, Andre Burvant and Bill Backstrom on Posted in Administrative Pronouncements, Tax News
The Louisiana Department of Revenue (the “Department”) released Revenue Information Bulletin No. 21-029 announcing the “Louisiana Transfer Pricing Managed Audit Program.”  Beginning November 1, 2021, eligible corporations may request to participate in the program in order to resolve intercompany transfer pricing issues with the Department. Newly registered taxpayers, existing taxpayers, and taxpayers currently under audit … Continue Reading

Lafourche Parish, LA Local Sales Tax Collector Grants Local Sales Tax Filing Extensions to Certain Dealers/Taxpayers Impacted by Hurricane Ida

By Matt Mantle on Posted in Administrative Pronouncements, Tax News, Tax Procedure
In a letter recently issued to Lafourche Parish, LA sales/use taxpayers, the Lafourche Parish local sales/use tax collector Amanda Granier explains that Lafourche Parish has now granted Lafourche Parish local sales/use tax filing extensions to certain dealers/taxpayers impacted by Hurricane Ida. The Lafourche Parish sales/use tax office is now open again, but was previously closed … Continue Reading

Louisiana Department of Revenue Grants Automatic Sales Tax Return Filing Extension and Penalty Relief For Certain Eligible Businesses Impacted by Hurricane Ida

By Matt Mantle on Posted in Administrative Pronouncements, Tax News, Tax Procedure
The Louisiana Department of Revenue has now issued Revenue Information Bulletin (RIB) 21-027 granting an automatic state sales/use tax filing extension and corresponding penalty relief to taxpayers in certain Louisiana areas impacted by Hurricane Ida for August 2021 Louisiana state sales/use taxes that were due to be filed on or before September 20, 2021. The … Continue Reading

Louisiana Department of Revenue Issues New Revenue Information Bulletin (RIB 21-025) Addressing Many Frequently Asked Questions Relating to Hurricane Ida Disaster Recovery

By Matt Mantle on Posted in Administrative Pronouncements, Tax News, Tax Procedure
The Louisiana Department of Revenue has now issued Revenue Information Bulletin (RIB) 21-025, which addresses many frequently asked questions (FAQs) and provides informational guidance and resources to assist taxpayers located in designated parishes in their recovery efforts following the devastation to many Louisiana individuals and businesses following Hurricane Ida. The Department’s new 10-page FAQs in … Continue Reading

Louisiana Department of Revenue Grants Additional Automatic Extensions For Certain Eligible Businesses and Individuals Impacted by Hurricane Ida

By Matt Mantle on Posted in Administrative Pronouncements, Tax News, Tax Procedure, Uncategorized
The Louisiana Department of Revenue has now issued Revenue Information Bulletin (RIB) 21-024 automatically granting additional extensions to taxpayers in certain Louisiana areas impacted by Hurricane Ida for certain taxes that were due on or after August 26, 2021. The Department’s new RIB specifically explains which taxpayers are eligible for automatic extensions, by tax type. … Continue Reading

Louisiana Department of Revenue Issues Guidance on Income Tax Relief (and Notice Requirements) for Hurricane Ida Relief Work by Nonresident Businesses or Employees

By Matt Mantle on Posted in Administrative Pronouncements, Legislation, Tax News
The Louisiana Department of Revenue has now issued Revenue Information Bulletin (RIB) 21-020, which provides certain income tax relief (and notice requirements) relating to Hurricane Ida relief work performed in the State by nonresident businesses or employees. Louisiana law (Act 358, 2017 Reg. Sess.) provides for an income tax exclusion from either gross income or … Continue Reading

Following Hurricane Ida, Louisiana Department of Revenue Grants Automatic Filing and Payment Extensions for Tax Returns and Payments with Original or Extended Due Dates on August 31, 2021

By Matt Mantle on Posted in Administrative Pronouncements, Tax News, Tax Procedure
The Louisiana Department of Revenue has now issued Revenue Information Bulletin (RIB) 21-021 automatically granting  filing and payment extensions to taxpayers for certain Louisiana tax returns and payments due during Hurricane Ida landfall and impact.  The Department’s new RIB specifically explains that for taxpayers whose homes, principal places of business, critical tax records, or paid … Continue Reading

Two New Proposed Regulations Issued by the Louisiana Department of Revenue

By Matt Mantle on Posted in Administrative Pronouncements, Legislation, Regulations, Tax Procedure
The Louisiana Department of Revenue has now issued two new proposed regulations regarding: Electronic filing and payment requirements for consolidated sales tax returns; and Mandatory electronic filing requirements and electronic payment requirements relating to the Industrial Hemp-Derived CBD and Consumable Hemp Products Tax.   Consolidated Sales Tax Returns – Electronic Filing and Payment Requirements: The … Continue Reading

Louisiana Governor Has Now Signed Law Removing 20-Year Carryover Limitation on Net Operating Loss (NOL) Deduction for Corporate Income Tax Purposes

By Matt Mantle and Jay Adams on Posted in Legislation, Tax News
Louisiana’s Governor, John Bel Edwards, has now signed into law SB 36 (enacted as Act 459), which eliminates the prior 20-year carryover period limitation imposed on the available deduction for net operating losses (NOLs) for Louisiana corporate income tax purposes. Act 459 amends La. R.S. 47:287.86(B) to provide that all NOL deductions claimed on any … Continue Reading

Louisiana Due Process is No Longer in “Jeopardy!”: Louisiana Supreme Court Denies LDR Writ Application in Due Process/Personal Jurisdiction Case

By Matt Mantle on Posted in Judicial Decisions, Tax News, Tax Procedure
On January 20, 2021, the Louisiana Supreme Court denied the Louisiana Department of Revenue’s writ application in the closely-followed Louisiana due process / personal jurisdiction case of Robinson v. Jeopardy Productions, Inc., 2020-C-01343 (La. 1/20/21).  This case is now final. A copy of the Louisiana Supreme Court’s writ denial ruling can be found here. The … Continue Reading

Louisiana Legislature Ratifies and Extends Governor’s Extension of Legal Deadlines

By Andre Burvant and Cami Fergus on Posted in Administrative Pronouncements, Judicial Decisions, Legislation
House Bill 805 of the 2020 Regular Session, currently awaiting signature by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, provides a hard deadline for all legal deadlines and prescription periods extended by proclamation throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency. On March 13, 2020, Governor Edwards declared a public health emergency in Louisiana, followed by a series of … Continue Reading

Louisiana Department of Revenue Grants Sales Tax Relief Related to COVID-19

By Bill Backstrom on Posted in Administrative Pronouncements
Today, the Louisiana Department of Revenue published Revenue Information Bulletin No. 20-012 (May 22, 2020), which provides automatic relief from late filing and late payment penalties (La. R.S. 47:1602) and negligence penalty (La. R.S. 47:1604.1) with respect to state sales tax returns for March 2020 and April 2020, which were due on April 20, 2020 … Continue Reading

Reminder: Not All Louisiana Sales Tax Return Deadlines Have Been Extended

By Andre Burvant and Cami Fergus on Posted in Regulations, Tax News
In response to increasing pressures on businesses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Louisiana Department of Revenue has issued several Revenue Rulings and Revenue Information Bulletins to extend specific filing and payment deadlines for certain state taxes. On March 19, 2020, the Louisiana Department of Revenue issued Revenue Information Bulletin No. 20-008  to provide guidance on filing … Continue Reading

Louisiana Department of Revenue Extends April 25, 2020 Severance Tax Filing and Payment Deadline to June 25, 2020: Automatic Extension with No Penalties or Interest

By Matt Mantle and Andre Burvant on Posted in Administrative Pronouncements, Tax News, Tax Procedure
Today, the Louisiana Department of Revenue issued Revenue Information Bulletin (“RIB”) No. 20-011, which provides filing and payment extension relief for monthly Louisiana severance tax returns, payments, and reports due on April 25, 2020. The RIB provides that the filing and payment deadline for the February 2020 monthly oil and gas severance tax return, which … Continue Reading

Jay Adams presents at IPT Sales Tax I School

By Jones Walker LLP on Posted in Presentations
Jay Adams was an instructor at the IPT Sales Tax I School in Atlanta, Georgia where he presented to over 200 attendees on recognizing the hierarchy of laws, understanding the consequences of specific decisions when working with the Department of Revenue and ways to resolve disputes, and identifying the four prongs of the commerce clause and … Continue Reading

Louisiana Remote Seller Commission Issues Second Information Bulletin – RSIB 18-002 – Addressing Definition of “Remote Seller” and Further Guidance to Remote Sellers

By Matt Mantle and Andre Burvant on Posted in Legislation, Tax Procedure
The Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers (the “Commission”) has now officially issued its second information bulletin – Remote Sellers Information Bulletin (“RSIB”) 18-002 – which provides a general definition for “remote sellers,” as well as further administrative guidance regarding current and future registration, collection, remittance, and reporting requirements for “remote sellers.” … Continue Reading

Not So Fast: Louisiana State and Local Sales Taxes in a Post-Wayfair World

By Andre Burvant and Matt Mantle on Posted in Judicial Decisions, Legislation, Tax News
As word spread about the Supreme Court’s opinion in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., Dkt. No. 17-494, 485 U.S.        (June 21, 2018), tax administrators around the country popped open bottles of champagne and began toasting the end of the “physical presence” substantial nexus standard.  The sounds of celebration were, at least initially, particularly deafening in … Continue Reading

Louisiana Department of Revenue Issues New “Taxable Rate” Chart to Explain State Sales Tax Changes Following Enactment of Recent Tax Revenue Bill

By Matt Mantle on Posted in Legislation
The Louisiana Department of Revenue has now issued a revised “Taxable Rate” chart (Form R-1002) to provide the Department’s understanding of the new Louisiana state-level sales/use/lease tax rates following the Louisiana legislature’s enactment of the sales tax revenue measure Act 1 (HB 10) in the recently-concluded third special session of the legislature, effective July 1, 2018. A … Continue Reading

GAME ON: Louisiana Department of Revenue and Other State Agencies Look to Even the Score on Employee Misclassification

By Andre Burvant on Posted in Jones Walker Announcements, Tax News
The Louisiana Department of Revenue (DOR) has joined forces with other Louisiana agencies to crackdown on employee misclassification and failure to withhold payroll taxes. The GAME ON (Government Against Misclassified Employees Operational Network) Task Force is an interagency network made up of members of the Louisiana Workforce Commission’s (LWC) Unemployment Insurance and Office of Workers’ … Continue Reading

Tax Clearance Now Required for Louisiana State Sales Tax Resale Certificates and Approval of Certain State Procurement Contracts

By Matt Mantle on Posted in Legislation, Tax News, Tax Procedure
The Louisiana Department of Revenue has now issued formal guidance regarding the new requirement that taxpayers receive a Louisiana state tax clearance in order to obtain: (i) a new or renew an existing Louisiana state sales tax resale certificates; and (ii) approval of certain Louisiana state procurement contracts. Specifically, the Department has issued the following new Revenue … Continue Reading

Louisiana and Other States Provide Tax Relief for Hurricane Victims

By Joe Landry and John Fletcher on Posted in Jones Walker Announcements, Tax News
In response to the impact of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, parts of the United States have been declared as major disaster areas by the federal government. As a result, numerous states have enacted delayed filing and payment periods for individuals and businesses located in these major disaster areas. Louisiana has joined this growing list with … Continue Reading
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