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2016 First Extraordinary Session
SENATE BILL NO. 6
BY SENATOR MORRELL
TAX/AD VALOREM. Provides for the reduction of the amount of certain ad valorem tax
credits and provides for the carryforward rather than the refund of a certain portion of excess
credit amounts. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 47:6006(A), (B), and (D), 6006.1(A) and (E), and 6014(A), and
3 to repeal R.S. 47:6006.1(C) and 6014(D) and (E), relative to income and corporation
4 franchise tax credits; to provide with respect to tax credits for ad valorem taxes paid
5 on inventory, certain offshore vessels, and certain telephone company public service
6 properties; to reduce the amount of the tax credits; to provide with respect to the
7 issuance of refunds for tax credits which exceed taxpayer liability; to repeal the
8 statutory dedication of the avails of sales and use tax from telecommunications
9 services; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11 Section 1. R.S. 47:6006(A), (B), and (D), 6006.1(A) and (E), and 6014(A) are hereby
12 amended and reenacted to read as follows:
13 §6006. Tax credits for local inventory taxes paid
14 A.(1) There shall be allowed a credit against any Louisiana income or
15 corporation franchise tax for ad valorem taxes paid to political subdivisions on
16 inventory held by manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. The amount of the
17 credit is provided for in Subsection D of this Section.
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1 (2) There shall be allowed a credit against any Louisiana income or
2 corporation franchise tax for ad valorem taxes paid to political subdivisions on
3 natural gas held, used, or consumed in providing natural gas storage services or
4 operating natural gas storage facilities. The amount of the credit is provided for
5 in Subsection D of this Section.
6 B. Credit for taxes paid by corporations shall be applied to state corporate
7 income and corporation franchise taxes. Credit for taxes paid by unincorporated
8 persons shall be applied to state personal income taxes. The secretary shall make a
9 refund to the taxpayer in the amount to which he is entitled from the current
10 collections of the taxes collected pursuant to Chapter 1 and Chapter 5 of Subtitle II.
11 If the amount of the credit authorized pursuant to Subsection A of this Section
12 exceeds the amount of tax liability for the tax year, the following amounts of the
13 excess credit shall either be refundable or may be carried forward as a credit against
14 subsequent Louisiana income or corporation franchise tax liability for a period not
15 to exceed five years, as follows:
16 (1) Eligible taxpayers whose ad valorem taxes paid to all political
17 subdivisions in the taxable year was less than ten thousand dollars shall be refunded
18 all of the excess credit.
19 (2) Eligible taxpayers whose ad valorem taxes paid to all political
20 subdivisions in the taxable year was ten thousand dollars or more shall be refunded
21 seventy-five percent of the excess credit, and the remaining twenty-five percent of
22 the credit may be carried forward as a credit against subsequent tax liability for a
23 period not to exceed five years.
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25 D. The amount of the credit provided in this Section shall be allowed as
26 follows:
27 (1) For inventory taxes paid to political subdivisions on or after July 1, 1992,
28 and before June 30, 1993, the credit shall be twenty percent of such taxes paid. (1)
29 For inventory taxes paid prior to January 1, 2016, the amount of the credit shall
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1 be one hundred percent of the taxes paid; however, no amount of the tax credit
2 provided for in this Section which exceeds the tax liability of the taxpayer shall
3 be refundable. One-fourth of the excess credit amount may be carried forward
4 as a credit against subsequent Louisiana income or corporation franchise tax
5 liability in each of the next four taxable years.
6 (2) For inventory taxes paid to political subdivisions on or after July 1, 1993,
7 and before June 30, 1994, the credit shall be forty percent of such taxes paid.
8 (3) For inventory taxes paid to political subdivisions on or after July 1, 1994,
9 and before June 30, 1995, the credit shall be sixty percent of such taxes paid.
10 (4) For inventory taxes paid to political subdivisions on or after July 1, 1995,
11 and before June 30, 1996, the credit shall be eighty percent of such taxes paid.
12 (5) For inventory taxes paid to political subdivisions on or after July 1, 1996,
13 the credit shall be one hundred percent of such taxes paid.
14 (2) For inventory taxes paid on and after January 1, 2016, the amount
15 of the credit authorized pursuant to this Section shall be equal to eighty percent
16 of the inventory taxes paid to political subdivisions.
17 (a) If the amount of the taxes paid to all political subdivisions is less than
18 ten thousand dollars in any one year and the amount of the credit authorized
19 pursuant to this Section exceeds the tax liability of the taxpayer for that year,
20 the excess credit amount shall constitute an overpayment, as defined in R.S.
21 47:1621(A), and the secretary of the Department of Revenue shall make a
22 refund of such overpayment to the taxpayer from the current collections of the
23 taxes collected pursuant to Chapter 1 and Chapter 5 of Subtitle II of this Title.
24 (b) If the amount of the taxes paid to all political subdivisions is ten
25 thousand dollars or more in any one year and the amount of the credit
26 authorized pursuant to this Section exceeds the tax liability of the taxpayer for
27 that year, seventy-five percent of the excess credit amount shall constitute an
28 overpayment, as defined in R.S. 47:1621(A), and the secretary of the
29 Department of Revenue shall make a refund of such overpayment to the
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1 taxpayer from the current collections of the taxes collected pursuant to Chapter
2 1 and Chapter 5 of Subtitle II of this Title and the remaining twenty-five
3 percent of the excess credit amount may be carried forward as a credit against
4 subsequent Louisiana income or corporation franchise tax liability for a period
5 not to exceed five years.
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7 §6006.1. Tax credits for taxes paid with respect to vessels in Outer Continental Shelf
8 Lands Act Waters
9 A. There shall be allowed a credit against any Louisiana income or
10 corporation franchise tax for ad valorem taxes paid without protest to political
11 subdivisions on vessels in Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Waters as certified to
12 the assessor pursuant to R.S. 47:1956(B) within the calendar year immediately
13 preceding the taxable year of assessment of such vessel. The amount of the credit
14 is provided for in Subsection E of this Section. For purposes of this Section, ad
15 valorem taxes shall be deemed to be paid to political subdivisions when they are paid
16 without protest either in money or by applying credits established pursuant to R.S.
17 47:2108.1.
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19 E.(1) The amount of the credit provided in this Section shall be allowed as
20 follows:
21 (1) For ad valorem taxes on Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Waters
22 vessels paid to political subdivisions on or after July 1, 1994, and before June 30,
23 1995, the credit shall be sixty percent of such taxes paid.
24 (2) For ad valorem taxes on Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Waters
25 vessels paid to political subdivisions on or after July 1, 1995, and before June 30,
26 1996, the credit shall be eighty percent of such taxes paid.
27 (3) For ad valorem taxes on Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Waters
28 vessels paid to political subdivisions on or after July 1, 1996, the credit shall be one
29 hundred percent of such taxes paid.
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1 (a) For ad valorem taxes paid prior to January 1, 2016, the amount of the
2 credit shall be one hundred percent of the taxes paid; however, no amount of
3 the tax credit provided for in this Section which exceeds the tax liability of the
4 taxpayer shall be refunded to the taxpayer; however, the excess credit amount
5 may be carried forward as a credit against subsequent Louisiana income or
6 corporation franchise tax liability for a period not to exceed four years.
7 (b) For ad valorem taxes paid on and after January 1, 2016, the amount
8 of the credit authorized pursuant to this Section shall be equal to eighty percent
9 of the ad valorem taxes paid without protest to political subdivisions on vessels
10 in Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Waters as certified to the assessor
11 pursuant to R.S. 47:1956(B) within the calendar year immediately preceding the
12 taxable year of assessment of the vessel. If the amount of the credit authorized
13 pursuant to this Section exceeds the tax liability of the taxpayer for that year,
14 seventy-five percent of the excess credit amount shall constitute an
15 overpayment, as defined in R.S. 47:1621(A), and the secretary of the
16 Department of Revenue shall make a refund of such overpayment to the
17 taxpayer and the remaining twenty-five percent of the excess credit amount may
18 be carried forward as a credit against subsequent Louisiana income or
19 corporation franchise tax liability for a period not to exceed five years.
20 (2) The secretary shall make a refund to the taxpayer in the amount to
21 which he is entitled from the current collections of the taxes collected pursuant
22 to Chapter 1 and Chapter 5 of Subtitle II of this Title.
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24 §6014. Credit for property taxes paid by certain telephone companies; fund
25 A.(1) Pursuant to the provisions of this Section, there shall be allowed a
26 credit against Louisiana corporation or individual income taxes and Louisiana
27 corporation franchise tax for, and in an amount equal to, forty percent of the
28 aggregate ad valorem taxes paid to political subdivisions of this state after December
29 31, 2000, by a telephone company, as defined in R.S. 47:1851(Q), with respect to
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1 such telephone company's public service properties, as defined in R.S. 47:1851(M),
2 which are assessed by the Louisiana Tax Commission at twenty-five percent of fair
3 market value pursuant to R.S. 47:1854. The amount of the credit provided for in
4 this Section shall be as follows:
5 (a) For ad valorem taxes paid prior to January 1, 2016, the amount of the
6 credit shall be one hundred percent of the taxes paid; however, no amount of
7 the tax credit provided for in this Section which exceeds the tax liability of the
8 taxpayer shall be refunded to the taxpayer; however, the excess credit amount
9 may be carried forward as a credit against subsequent Louisiana income or
10 corporation franchise tax liability for a period not to exceed four years.
11 (b) For taxable periods beginning on and after January 1, 2016, the
12 amount of the credit authorized pursuant to this Section shall be equal to
13 thirty-two percent of the ad valorem taxes paid to political subdivisions by a
14 telephone company with respect to company's public service properties assessed
15 by the Louisiana Tax Commission at twenty-five percent of fair market value.
16 If the amount of the credit authorized pursuant to the provision of this Section
17 exceeds the tax liability of the taxpayer for that year, seventy-five percent of the
18 excess credit amount shall constitute an overpayment, as defined in R.S.
19 47:1621(A), and the secretary of the Department of Revenue shall make a
20 refund of such overpayment to the taxpayer and the remaining twenty-five
21 percent of the excess credit amount may be carried forward as a credit against
22 subsequent Louisiana income or corporation franchise tax liability for a period
23 not to exceed five years.
24 (2) The secretary shall make a refund to the taxpayer in the amount to
25 which he is entitled from the current collections of the taxes collected pursuant
26 to Chapter 2 of Subtitle II of this Title.
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28 Section 2. R.S. 47:6006.1(C) and 6014(D) and (E) are hereby repealed in their
29 entirety.
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1 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
2 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
3 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
4 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
5 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Leonore Heavey.
DIGEST
SB 6 Original 2016 First Extraordinary Session Morrell
Present law provides for an income or corporation franchise tax credit for ad valorem taxes
paid to political subdivisions on inventory held by manufacturers, distributors, and retailers
and on natural gas held or consumed in providing natural gas storage services or operating
natural gas storage facilities.
Proposed law retains the credit for ad valorem taxes on inventory paid before January 1,
2016, however, the credit will no longer be refundable and will be divided into four equal
nonrefundable parts to be utilized to offset tax in each of the next four tax years.
Present law authorizes an income and corporation franchise tax credit of 100% of the taxes
paid to political subdivisions.
Proposed law changes the amount of the credit to 80% of the ad valorem taxes on inventory
paid to political subdivisions.
Present law authorizes the refundability of credits in excess of the income and franchise tax
liability for taxpayers whose tax liability for ad valorem taxes paid to political subdivisions
is $10,000 or less. For taxpayers that paid more than $10,000 in inventory tax, 75% of the
credit that exceeds the income and franchise tax liability is refundable and the remaining
25% of the excess credit may be carried forward against subsequent income or corporation
franchise tax liability for up to five years.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides for an income or corporation franchise tax credit for ad valorem taxes
paid without protest to political subdivisions on vessels in Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act Waters (OCS).
Proposed law retains the credit for ad valorem taxes on OCS vessels paid before January 1,
2016, however, the credit will change from a refundable credit to a nonrefundable credit that
may be carried forward for four years.
Present law authorizes an income and corporation franchise tax credit of 100% of the taxes
paid to political subdivisions.
Proposed law changes the amount of the credit to 80% of the ad valorem taxes paid on OCS
vessels to political subdivisions.
Present law provides for a refundable income or corporation franchise tax credit for ad
valorem taxes paid to political subdivisions by telephone companies with respect to their
public service properties that are assessed by the La. Tax Commission at 25%.
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Proposed law retains the credit for ad valorem taxes by telephone companies paid before
January 1, 2016, however, the credit will change from a refundable credit to a non-
refundable credit that may be carried forward for four years.
Present law authorizes an income and corporation franchise tax credit of 40% of the ad
valorem taxes paid by telephone companies to political subdivisions.
Proposed law changes the amount of the credit to 32% of the ad valorem taxes paid to
political subdivisions.
Present law requires the dedication of sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to R.S. 47:302,
321, and 331 attributable to the furnishing of interstate and international telecommunication
services to the Telephone Company Property Assessment Relief Fund (the Fund).
Proposed law repeals this statutory dedication of such sales taxes.
Present law requires that refunds of the credit for ad valorem taxes by telephone companies
be paid from the Fund.
Proposed law eliminates this requirement and authorizes the Department of Revenue to issue
refunds of this credit from current collections of state sales and use tax.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 47:6006(A), (B), and (D), 6006.1(A) and (E), and 6014(A); repeals R.S.
47:6006.1(C) and 6014(D) and (E))
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